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Govt to appoint 10,000 new LPG distributors in FY'17

Uttar Pradesh: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 10,000 new LPG distributors will be appointed in the current financial year. "At present, there are 18,000 gas distributors in the country and in the

PTI Published : Apr 23, 2016 18:53 IST, Updated : Apr 23, 2016 18:53 IST
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Uttar Pradesh: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said 10,000 new LPG distributors will be appointed in the current financial year.

"At present, there are 18,000 gas distributors in the country and in the coming three months, 2,000 new distributors will be made and by the end of this financial year 8,000 more distributors will be made," Pradhan told reporters.

He was here to oversee the preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on May 1 to launch Ujjwala Yojana.

The ambitious Rs 8,000 crore scheme will provide 5 crore free LPG connections to BPL families using the money saved from 1.13 crore cooking gas users voluntarily giving up their subsidies.

Also read: PM to launch Rs 8K cr scheme for free LPG connections to poor

Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on May 1 and do a repeat function at Dahod in Gujarat on May 15.

Pradhan said 61 per cent households in the country have LPG connections, while in Uttar Pradesh 53 per cent houses have gas connections.

Besides increasing production in refineries, the government is taking other steps to increase the availability of LPG for consumers, Pradhan said.

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