Launch of 5 Kg LPG Cylinder for BPL Families

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.

As on date, the security deposit for 5 Kg domestic LPG connections is lower as compared to security deposit on 14.2 Kg. domestic LPG connection. The refundable security deposit for domestic cylinder(s) and regulator is Rs 1450/- per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder and Rs. 150/- for pressure regulator (PR) except for North Eastern States where the deposit rate is Rs. 1150/- and Rs. 100/- respectively. The security deposit for 5 Kg. domestic LPG cylinder is Rs. 350/- per cylinder for whole country and Rs 150/- for PR except North Eastern States where it is Rs 100/-. The retail selling price for 14.2 Kg cylinder at Delhi is Rs 417 for subsidized LPG and Rs 610 for non subsidized LPG. On the other hand, retail selling price for 5 Kg LPG cylinder at Delhi is Rs 155 for subsidized LPG and Rs 233 for non subsidized LPG.

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