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Kerosene dealers might get to sell LPG

The idea is to ease the livelihood strain on kerosene dealers

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Shine Jacob New Delhi
Soon, your nearest kerosene dealer could be instead supplying five-kg cylinders of unsubsidised cooking gas (LPG).

With the central government's effort to phase out use of kerosene, the idea is to ease the livelihood strain on kerosene dealers. So, the ministry of petroleum is planning to offer licences for selling of five kg LPG cylinders, in lieu of the kerosene dealership.

"This will be with a condition that those interested will not claim regular distributorship of cylinders," said an official source. The ministry is also considering LPG distributorships under which the existing kerosene dealers have sole proprietorship. Those