Government, as a measure of Good Governance, introduced well-targeted systems of subsidy delivery to LPG consumers through PAHAL. This initiative was aimed at rationalizing subsidies based on an approach to cut subsidy leakages, but not subsidies per se. The applicable subsidy is directly transferred into the bank account of the beneficiaries. So far, more than 22.40 crore LPG consumers have joined the Scheme. PAHAL has entered into Guinness Book of World Record being largest Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, so far, more than ₹ 83,653 crores have been transferred into the bank account of consumers.
