Gurgaon to become kerosene free from Nov 1

Gurgaon will become kerosene free from November 1 as around 30,000 kerosene users and BPL families will be provided LPG gas connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
The meeting in this regard was held yesterday by Deputy Commissioner T L Satyaprakash.
He said making LPG connection available to every household in the region was to improve the quality of life of the womenfolk.
"This is the minimum basic facility which we need to give to the women," he said, adding the BPL beneficiaries under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) list will not have to pay any charges for getting the LPG connection.

Satyaprakash said the gram sachivs will take 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) forms from the oil company authorities and get these filled up from the beneficiaries.
"The same will be then deposited in the nearest gas agency after getting it certified from the village sarpanch," he said.

Deputy Manager (Sales) LPG, Hindustan Petroleum, Deepak Aggarwal said the list of kerosene users and BPL families as per SECC will be handed over to the Gram Sachivs.
He said the LPG free connection will be registered only in the name of a woman of the beneficiary family.
The beneficiary family is required to produce KYC (version-II specially designed for BPL), copy of BPL card, copy of proof of having a bank account as the subsidy amount will be deposited in the account, an Aadhaar card and the name should figure either in the list of kerosene users or BPL list as per SECC, Aggarwal said.

"The beneficiary can either opt for loan scheme or for non-loan scheme. Under the loan scheme, the government will give an interest free loan of Rs 1,600 to the beneficiary in lieu of cost for first refill of cylinder and low cost stove (chullah) and this loan amount will be recovered from the subsidy amount which she will get on every refill of cylinder," he said, adding the beneficiary will not have to pay anything to the gas agency.
"Those, who opt for non-loan scheme, will have to pay Rs 545 for first cylinder refill and an amount of Rs 990 if they want to buy a chullah. The gas connection, gas pipe and regulator etc will be provided free of cost," Aggarwal said.

District Food and Supply Controller Dilawer Singh
Dhonchak said from November 1 onwards no kerosene will be distributed through Fair Price Shops of Public Distribution System (PDS) in Gurgaon.
He said there are 29 gas Agencies in the district through which free LPG connections will be given to BPL families.
In the meeting, it was told that the families not having LPG connection and whose name also do not figure in either of the lists-kerosene users or SECC BPL list, can also take LPG connection for which they will have to pay minimum charges at the gas agency.
In Gurgaon about 12,000 families are kerosene users and names of 18,000 figure in the SECC BPL list, he said.

The meeting was attended by officers from Development and Panchayats Department, Revenue Department, District Food and Supply Controller, gram sachivs and patwaries.
PMUY is aimed at providing LPG connections to poor families as part of ensuring smokeless kitchens.
The scheme is intended to benefit poor families both in urban and rural areas.