The government has clarified that savings resulting from Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG scheme PAHAL is estimated to be Rs 21,261 crore since the launch of the scheme in 2014-15. The clarification came in the backdrop of a newspaper report which had said that government's actual savings were to the tune of only 2000 crore rupees and the remaining was softening of crude oil prices. In a statement, the Petroleum
Ministry said 3.34 crore fake connections were blocked under the scheme which resulted in the savings. The statement claimed if these connections were not blocked the subsidy bill would have been much higher despite fall in crude oil prices.
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