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The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at Kolkata. Indane serves more than 130 million families through a network of 12,500 distributors. 27% of its customers reside in semi-urban or rural markets and every second LPG cooking gas connection in India is that of Indane. The sales network is backed by 47 Indane area offices.
Through the scheme, the Indian government provides a subsidy of INR1,600 to state-owned fuel retailers for every free LPG connection they provide to rural households. The subsidy aims to cover the security fee and fitting charges of the gas cylinder. [9] The beneficiary of the subsidy must then purchase their cooking stove.
[26] [27] Gross gas cylinder consumption increased to 3.71 in 2022-23 and 3.8 in 2023-24. [28] The government has increased the subsidy for poor women under the Ujjwala scheme to Rs. 300 per cylinder for the next financial year. The subsidy of Rs. 300 per cylinder was applicable for the current financial year, ending on March 31.
Liquefied petroleum gas, also referred to as liquid petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas), is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, n-butane and isobutane. It can sometimes contain some propylene , butylene , and isobutylene / isobutene .
Government-owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is an integrated energy major with presence in all the streams of oil, gas and petrochemicals. Among its activities, IOCL transports liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced in its refineries to cylinder filling facilities through terrestrial pipelines, railway tank trains and road tankers.
Delivery of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders for cooking in Hyderabad India is the third largest consumer of crude oil in the world, after the United States and China. [ 4 ] The estimated total consumption of crude oil in India rose from 204.12 Mt in 2011–12 to 221.77 Mt in 2020–21 with a CAGR of 0.93%.
A gas cylinder quad, also known as a gas cylinder bundle, is a group of high pressure cylinders mounted on a transport and storage frame. There are commonly 16 cylinders, each of about 50 litres capacity mounted upright in four rows of four, on a square base with a square plan frame with lifting points on top and may have fork-lift slots in the ...
The iOverlander [2] database maintained by travelers, My LPG [3] and the Facebook group "Cooking Gas Around the World [4]" provide more information about individual sources per country. Much general information about global LPG use and standardization is available from the World LPG Association [ 5 ] and the AEGPL [ 6 ]