The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that a scheme for providing one time grant to BPL families in the rural areas for release of new LPG connection through Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitaran Yojana is in operation in the country. As per the scheme, the security deposit for one cylinder and Pressure Regulator is paid from the fund created for this purpose. Further, to benefit the BPL families of urban and semi urban areas, the scheme has been extended to Regular LPG distributorships also from January, 2015 till March, 2015 on pilot basis and now also includes 5 Kg cylinder connections.
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