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  2. Liquefied petroleum gas - Wikipedia

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    LPG is composed mainly of propane and butane, while natural gas is composed of the lighter methane and ethane. LPG, vaporised and at atmospheric pressure, has a higher calorific value (46 MJ/m 3 equivalent to 12.8 kWh/m 3) than natural gas (methane) (38 MJ/m 3 equivalent to 10.6 kWh/m 3), which means that LPG cannot simply be substituted for ...

  3. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - Wikipedia

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    Average LPG consumption of PMUY consumers has increased by 20 percent from 3.01 refills in 2019–20 to 3.68 in 2021–22. [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 ...

  4. Propane - Wikipedia

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    A 20 lb (9.1 kg) steel propane cylinder. This cylinder is fitted with an overfill prevention device (OPD) valve, as evidenced by the trilobular handwheel. Propane (/ ˈ p r oʊ p eɪ n /) is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula C 3 H 8. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure, but compressible to a transportable liquid.

  5. Give up LPG subsidy - Wikipedia

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    Give Up LPG Subsidy is a campaign that was launched in March 2015 by the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is aimed at motivating LPG users who are able to afford to pay the market price for LPG to voluntarily surrender their LPG subsidy. [1] As of 23 April 2016, 10 million people had voluntarily given up the subsidy. [2]

  6. Indane (LPG) - Wikipedia

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    It is the world's second largest government-owned subsidiary responsible for manufacturing LPG. [5] The brand was conceived in 1964 to bring modern cooking to Indian kitchens. 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 ...

  7. Hindustan Petroleum - Wikipedia

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    Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian public sector undertaking in petroleum and natural gas industry, headquartered in Mumbai.It is a subsidiary of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which is owned by the Government of India and under the administration of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

  8. Bottled gas - Wikipedia

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    Normal high pressure gas cylinders will hold gas at pressures from 200 to 400 bars (3,000 to 6,000 psi). An ideal gas pressurised to 200 bar in a cylinder would contain 200 times as much as the volume of the cylinder at atmospheric pressure, but real gases will contain less than that by a few percent. At higher pressures, the shortfall is greater.

  9. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Wikipedia

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    (1942–2019) MP for Chevella: 19 January 2011 28 October 2012 1 year, 283 days: 31 Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP for Chikballapur: 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 210 days: 32 Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, until 2018 Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh, from 2018 (MoS, I/C until 3 Sep 2017) 27 May 2014 30 May 2019 ...