The Delhi government has transferred Rs 141.88 crore in LPG assistance to 15,45,994 ration cardholder families, with the payment deposited directly into beneficiaries’ bank accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer system.
The transfer was announced at an event at Talkatora Stadium, where Chief Minister Rekha Gupta activated the disbursement and presented symbolic cheques to selected beneficiaries. The assistance is intended to help eligible families meet LPG cylinder expenses during the festive period.
Under the latest transfer, 1,24,964 families covered by the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana received Rs 642 each. A further 14,21,030 families in the non-PMUY category received Rs 942 each. The government said the scheme provides financial assistance to eligible ration cardholder families on the occasions of Holi and Diwali.
The transfer places the delivery of household fuel support within Delhi’s wider welfare administration, where beneficiary identification depends on ration card records, bank account details and Aadhaar-linked information. According to the government, the amount is credited to the bank account of the head of the family after verification of the relevant records.
The administration said data matching is used to identify beneficiaries and that monitoring and audit mechanisms have been established to prevent duplicate payments and irregularities. The use of DBT, officials said, is intended to simplify the payment process and reduce the risk of assistance being diverted before reaching households.
Speaking at the event, Gupta said the Delhi government was committed to ensuring that welfare benefits reached people directly. She described the festive-period assistance as part of the government’s stated effort to reduce household expenditure and provide support to families.
The transfer also highlights the administrative distinction between PMUY and non-PMUY households within the scheme. While both groups receive support, the payment amounts differ, with the larger beneficiary group comprising ration cardholder families outside the PMUY category.
The government has not provided, in the statement reported by Millennium Post, a separate breakdown of the assistance by district or details of the number of households that may receive payments in future instalments. The latest disbursement, however, covers families across Delhi and is being processed through the state’s existing verification and direct-transfer framework.
