Today cooking gas (LPG) consumers in 18 districts will get 435 rupees in their bank accounts when they book an LPG cylinder as the government rolls out its ambitious direct benefit transfer programme to cut its fuel subsidy.The scheme was to be rolled out in 20 districts initially but the launch in Mysore in Karnataka and Mandi in Himachal Pradesh has been put off by a month due to assembly and Parliamentary bypolls, official sources said.Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily will launch the scheme in Tumkur in his home state Karnataka while Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Lakshmi Panabaka will kickoff the scheme in Hyderabad.
