DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER FOR LPG – A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Direct Benefit Transfer is an attempt to change the mechanism of transferring subsidies launched by Government of India on 1 January 2013. This program aims to transfer subsidies directly to the people through their bank accounts. In DBT, benefit or subsidy will be directly transferred to citizens living below poverty line. LPG being an essential commodity having a large scale of LPG supply chain has been subject to minimal prevention of trade control and illegal diversions. This growing demand coupled with rising international prices has put increased pressure on LPG subsidy burden. The introduction of DBTL undoubtedly has a lot of merits, but it has also generated a lot of problems on the part of the consumers. This paper aims at analyzing such problems which if overcome, could be highly beneficial to the consumers.