Now, get new LPG connections online

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 30

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today launched a scheme, “Sahaj”, enabling online release of new LPG connections. Portal www.mylpg.in will help customers register for new LPG connections online as well as make online payments for the same.

The scheme was launched in 12 cities today, including Chandigarh. The other cities are:Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna and Pune. It will be launched pan-India within the next few days.

The scheme is in line with Digital India Vision announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pradhan congratulated the oil marketing companies for implementing the “Sahaj” initiative.

He said: “The vision of Digital India is to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy and ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically.”

Pradhan said the initiatives taken by the Petroleum Ministry in the past seven months had enhanced coverage of LPG and extended better services to customers.

He said the ever-growing expansion of PAHAL, a scheme aimed to improve the subsidy administration of LPG across the country, has ensured smooth transfer of subsidy on LPG cylinder directly to the customers’ bank accounts.

He also thanked 25 lakh people for having given up their LPG subsidy to help BPL families enjoy freedom from smoke-filled kitchens, following the appeal from the Prime Minister. Pradhan mentioned about 22 lakh new LPG connections have been issued for BPL household in the current year January to July 2015.