The government has disbursed around Rs 62,000 crores as cash benefits under 59 central schemes to 30.78 crores beneficiaries in 2015-16. <br/><br/>Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance, Jayant Sinha said in the next two – three years every citizen will have bank account in the country to avail the benefits of government schemes. <br/><br/>He said the LPG cylinders are being sold at no subsidized prices and subsidy, as admissible, is being transferred to consumers directly into their bank accounts. <br/><br/>He said cash transfer of food subsidy scheme under the National Food Security Act provide for foodsubsidy in cash into the bank account of entitled household to enable them to purchase food grains from open market. <br/><br/>At present the scheme has been implemented on pilot basis in Chandigarh and Puducherry from 1st September 2015 and partially in Dadra and Nagar Haveli from 1st March this year.