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The second installment of ‘Free LPG Gas Cylinder Scheme’ has been released, giving great relief to the common and poor families in their kitchen budget amid the festive season. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta transferred this amount directly into the Aadhaar linked bank accounts of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) during a special program organized at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. Under this second installment, an amount of approximately ₹ 141.88 crore has been sent to the accounts of a total of 15,45,994 eligible ration card holder families of Delhi. Under this ambitious scheme of the government, financial assistance equal to the cost of one domestic gas cylinder is provided to eligible families twice a year – the first installment on Holi and the second installment on the occasion of Diwali. After the release of the first installment on the occasion of Holi in March 2026, now the release of this second installment of Diwali in November has brought joy to the faces of lakhs of housewives and middle class families.
Under this scheme, the amount to be received by the beneficiary families has been determined in two different categories, due to which there is often confusion among the beneficiaries. According to government data and departmental rules, general ration card holder (Non-PMUY) families will be entitled to a subsidy equal to the full market price of a domestic 14.2 kg gas cylinder. ₹942 Sent directly to bank account. On the other hand, the families who already have the connection of the Central Government’s ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ (PMUY) will be transferred to their bank account by the State Government. ₹642 Have been transferred. The mathematics behind this is very clear: beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme get a separate subsidy of ₹ 300 per cylinder from the central government directly into their bank account. In this way, including the subsidy of ₹ 642 from the state government and ₹ 300 from the central government, Ujjwala families also get the full benefit of ₹ 942 and their cylinder is 100 percent free. In this second installment released, 1,24,964 families of Ujjwala category and 14,21,030 families of general ration card category are included.
In Delhi as well as in Uttar Pradesh, the state government is providing the benefit of two free LPG cylinder refills every year on the occasion of Holi and Diwali to the women beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. Under the system of Uttar Pradesh, the beneficiary woman first takes delivery of the cylinder by paying the normal market price from her gas agency, after which the entire refill amount including state government and central subsidy is sent back to her Aadhaar linked bank account. Apart from this, under ‘Deepam 2.0’ scheme in Andhra Pradesh and ‘Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojana’ in Maharashtra, the assistance of three free gas cylinders is being provided annually to the eligible families. The main objective of all these schemes is to free poor and low-income group families from smoke and to reduce the burden of kitchen expenses in times of inflation.
If you are a valid ration card holder of Delhi and want to know whether the second installment of ₹642 or ₹942 has reached your account, there are several easy ways to check it. Since the government has sent this amount to the bank account of the head of the family through Aadhaar-based NPCI mapping, first check the SMS received from your bank on the registered mobile number. Apart from this, you can check the balance through your bank’s mobile banking app, UPI app (like PhonePe, Google Pay or Paytm) or get the passbook updated by visiting your bank branch. Consumers who want to check the status online can also track the status of government payment through their Aadhaar or bank account number through ‘DBT Status Tracker’ by visiting the Central Government’s Public Financial Management System portal pfms.nic.in.
Many times, despite being eligible, the installment of the scheme gets stuck in the accounts of the beneficiaries due to technical reasons. The benefit of this scheme is available only to those families who have an active ration card, valid domestic LPG or PNG connection and whose bank account is actively linked to Aadhaar card and NPCI (DBT). Also, under the new guidelines of the Petroleum Ministry, it has been made mandatory for all domestic gas consumers to complete biometric Aadhaar e-KYC through their gas agency. If your family’s ration card is active and still the second installment has not come into the account, then immediately go to your bank and get the DBT status activated and visit your respective gas agency (Indane, HP Gas or Bharatgas) to confirm Aadhaar seeding and KYC.