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Minister to decide on extending deadline for subsidy scheme
Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu informed that the Union Oil and Gas Minister Veerappa Moily may take a decision on the extension of the deadline for beginning Adhaar-linked subsidy transfer scheme for LPG cylinders. It may be recalled that oil marketing companies (OMCs) set February 15 as the deadline for providing LPG cylinders on s
CERC seeks review of LPG distribution norms
Union petroleum ministry received a request from the Ahmedabad based Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC) to reconsider the decision to allow only one gas connection for one address. In a letter to the ministry, the CERC argued that the rule could hit the joint family culture in India as it will impose an additional financial burden of purchasing cook
Consumers to get 3 more subsidised LPG a year
Union government raised the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinder per household per year to nine from the previously fixed six. The new cap would be applicable from the financial year beginning April 1, 2013. Between September 2012 and March 2013, household will get a quota of five subsidised cylinders, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters after the mee
Govt launches portability scheme for LPG consumers
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily informed reporters that the government recently launched a pilot project of portability for LPG connections in Chandigarh. The project is aimed at enabling the customer, who is not satisfied with his present distributor, to shift his connection to another dealer. In 2013-14, the three state-run fuel retailers – IOC, BPCL
Consumers must execute KYC process
Consumers of LPG, who are required to complete KYC (know your customer) process, complained of difficulty in executing it.Following this, the central government extended the deadline for fulfilling this formality to November 15 initially. Recently, this deadline has been extended further to November 30
Multiple connections to be cancelled in Indore
The Indore chapter of All India LPG distribution federation informed that around 50,000 multiple cooking gas connections in the city would be disconnected. In order to avoid cancellation of multiple connections, customers must establish that there are two or more kitchens on a single address. Meanwhile, reports suggest that the number of complaints, especially those related to multiple connection and transfer of connections, is incre
OMCs resume issue of new LPG connections
Starting with North Eastern states, the three state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) resumed issuing of new LPG connections after putting it on hold for a few weeks. It is learnt that they have started issuing connections in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In September, issue of new LPG connections was put on hold pending a massive nationwide exercise to eli
State oil firms to bear additional burden
State-run petroleum companies may share additional financial burden of the Delhi government's ambitious scheme to provide Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connection to poor people. The state government initiated Kerosene Free Delhi Scheme to replace completely kerosene used by BPL or Antyodaya families for cooking purposes with