The Indian government has instructed over 330 million domestic cooking gas consumers to complete electronic know your customer (e-KYC) verification through the biometric Aadhaar authentication system.
Annual biometric Aadhaar authentication is mandatory for over 105.1 million Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries to receive the subsidy on cooking gas.
Under the PMUY, beneficiaries get up to seven LPG refills in a financial year without e-KYC, but a refill supply is not interrupted for the lack of e-KYC.
PMUY beneficiaries must get biometric Aadhaar authentication done to receive more than seven refills in a particular financial year.
The government has raised cooking gas prices by ₹60 per 14.2 kg cylinder, with the price of domestic LPG cylinders in Delhi reaching ₹913.
The government is providing a targeted subsidy of ₹300 per cylinder for up to nine refills of 14.2 kg cylinders per annum to PMUY beneficiaries.
