Now get SMS alerts on the change of status of your reserved tickets

Indian Railways added another milestone by launching yet another innovative scheme called the ‘SMS Gateway’, which will enable passengers to get SMS alerts on the status of reserved tickets. The ‘SMS Gateway’ which was developed by Centre for Railway information Systems (CRIS), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Railways, was launched by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury here today on the occasion of a seminar on the theme “Role of IT in Rail Services – Present and Future”. The seminar was organised by the Centre for Transportation Research and Management (CTRAM), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Railways. Present on occasion the were Shri Arunendra Kumar, Chairman, Railway Board, Shri D. P. Pande, Member Traffic, Shri Kul Bhushan, Member Electrical and Shri Alok Johri, Member Mechanical, of Railway Board.

How to link your Aadhar number to LPG Consumer number to get subsidy in your bank account directly (DBTL)

What is DBTL? 
Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG consumers (DBTL) is the scheme aimed to improve the subsidy administration of LPG across the country. As per this scheme an LPG consumer will get his/her cylinder at full market price and the differential between subsidized price and full market price i.e. the subsidy will be transferred to his/her bank account upto a capped limit(9 cylinders in a year). 

Who is eligible? 
Any valid LPG connection holder is eligible for DBTL scheme. To start receiving your LPG cylinder subsidy directly in your Bank Account you need to become Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC) customer. To become a CTC customer you need to take following 3 steps  (all  steps  are  necessary  to  become  CTC  customer  and  get  your  subsidy  in  Bank  Account, please skip any step if already completed): 

1. Obtain Aadhaar Letter or Aadhaar Number 
2. Link your Aadhaar Number to your LPG Consumer Number 
3. Link your Aadhaar Number to your Bank Account