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Over 10 lakh new LPG lines issued since cap order

Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday that public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and  Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd have said 10,17,290 LPG connections have been issued after the order on capping of subsidised cylinders.

During the period from 2009 to September 2012, action has been taken against 1480 established cases of diversion against erring distributorships under the provisions of Marketing Discipline Guidelines.

The Minister said that the demand for commercial LPG cylinders has increased at par with domestic LPG cylinders during the last three years.
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