Many people are visiting gas dealers’ offices for biometric verification to keep the subsidy on cooking gas. Many are worried that the subsidy will stop if biometric information is not submitted. Gas dealers are also concerned about how to take so many customers to the biometric office.
New Solution: Gas Delivery Boys with Biometric Devices
According to news reports, gas delivery boys will now carry biometric devices to every house. They will collect customers’ biometric information, making the process easier. This will help reduce fraud, and gas dealers will no longer have to wait in long lines at the office. The pressure on dealers will also be less.
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PM #NarendraModi sited the seamless distribution of free ration to 80 crore people and cooking gas to the poor using the biometric digital identity Aadhaar system.
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Few days after that was previously said that the biometric process needed to be completed by December 31, but there is no clear deadline yet. Many customers are still unsure when they need to finish the biometric verification.
An official of the oil company told Anandabazar Online that the main purpose of this verification is to check the Aadhaar information used to get the cooking gas subsidy.