Amidst the ongoing war in the Middle East, the government has made a big announcement regarding the shortage of domestic cylinders in India. The government has changed the rules of kerosene and also given relaxation in some rules. The government has clarified that it is giving relaxation in the rules of petroleum security and licensing. This will speed up the distribution of kerosene oil for domestic use.
21 states and union territories will benefit
The government has taken this step after the shortage in the energy sector due to the ongoing war in the Middle East. The Petroleum Ministry has issued a notification saying that these measures will enable kerosene to be used for cooking and lighting in 21 states and union territories.
The government has made it clear in these changes that public sector oil companies will be allowed to store and distribute kerosene oil at petrol pumps. The pumps selected in this regard will also be allowed to store and distribute kerosene. About 5 thousand liters of kerosene will be allowed to be kept at a time. Two such pumps will be selected in every district.
There will be temporary allocation to such states which are PDS, SKO free.
The Government has decided to make a temporary allocation of Public Distribution System Superior Kerosene Oil to the States and Union Territories. These include 21 states and union territories. These are all the states which are PDS, SKO free. This means that such people can be able to cook food and arrange lighting in their homes.
Additional allocation of 48000 kerosene has been made
- An additional allocation of 48,000 KL kerosene has been made to all States/UTs over and above the regular allocation.
- States/Union Territories have been appealed to identify places in the districts for distribution of kerosene.
- 17 States/Union Territories have issued kerosene allocation orders. Further, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh stated that there is no requirement of kerosene in their State/Union Territory.
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