The Department of Fisheries has asked fishermen in coastal Karnataka to furnish bank account details to the department before June 20 to avail direct benefit transfer (DBT) of diesel subsidy.
In a release, the Deputy Director of the department in Dakshina Kannada said if the fishermen did not furnish the details by the cut-off date, they would not be considered for transfer of subsidy from the first fishing month — August 2015.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had announced DBT of subsidy to fishermen in the 2015-16 budget and it had taken effect from April this year. However, a majority of fishermen opposed the scheme saying it would pave way for corruption in receiving the DBT.
They were also apprehensive of delays in remitting the DBT and the paperwork involved. Finally, the government temporarily withdrew the order till the end of fishing season — June 1, 2015, with a rider that DBT would become mandatory from the beginning of the next fishing season.
Those who do not produce details for the DBT of diesel subsidy will not get the subsidy transfer from August 2015
