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Transparent LPG, or <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=LPG+cylinders&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">cooking gas cylinders</a>, will soon make way to your home and the pilot projects have already begun in Pune and Ahmedabad. <o:p></o:p>
 These <keyword id="3098311" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Transparent-LPG-cylinders">transparent LPG cylinders</keyword> will come as a huge relief to consumers, who are routinely frustrated over less quantity of gas in steel cylinders. Despite instructions from the gas companies to carry weighing scales for checking weight of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=cylinders&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">cylinders</a>, majority of the delivery vendors either get a rigged spring balance or no weighing scale at all.

	2016 has been declared as the ‘Year of LPG Consumers’ and various measures are being initiated by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=dharmendra+pradhan&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan</a> to provide clean fuel to the entire India.

	The idea behind transparent cylinders is to bring a sense of accountability and transparency into the system and provide value for money to the consumers.

	The minister had recently assured that the government is working on the modalities for launching composite transparent cylinder but assured it would be a reality in FY 2016-17. <o:p></o:p>

	“Efforts are being made to expedite launch of the pilot project, which is subject to successful supply of composite cylinders by the manufactures and getting statutory approvals,” Pradhan said.<o:p></o:p>

	However, these transparent cylinders will be double the cost of steel ones. <o:p></o:p>

	But, Indian consumers will be satisfied that they are getting full gas as it will be impossible for the distributors of LPG cylinders to deliver less quantity. <o:p></o:p>

	Sources said the composite transparent LPG cylinder will be made available in this fiscal only and the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) will be procuring these cylinders through competitive bids by floating public tender.

	“We expect large number of bids from various cylinder manufacturers. This will help in price discovery through competitive bidding,” said a senior oil company official.<o:p></o:p>

	A feasibility study on marketing of LPG in Composite cylinders by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) is underway and a public tender has been invited for procurement of composite cylinders by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL).

	 “While the cost of procurement of composite transparent LPG cylinders is presently estimated at around Rs 2500-3000 (almost double the value of existing steel cylinders), the cost will go down subsequently as we move to bulk procurement of these cylinders…so for consumers it may initially mean slightly higher security deposit, which too may be shared by the oil companies. The details are being worked out in this respect,” the oil company official said.<o:p></o:p>

	“We conduct sudden surprise random checks at the godowns of distributors to prevent any pilferages…further all the distributors are under instructions to provide portable weighing scales to all their delivery boys for checking weight of the cylinder at the time of delivery. Whenever customers receive underweight cylinder, the distributors are under instructions to replace the same with correct weight cylinders,” said a senior oil company official. <o:p></o:p>

	Alongside, the distributors have also been instructed to ensure that the seals are verified &amp; shown to the customers at the time of delivery. Joint inspections/ raids are conducted along with State Civil Supplies Deptt to arrest the menace of pilferage of LPG and cases are filed by the District Administration against the culprits under various provisions of Essential Commodities Act and other relevant acts. <o:p></o:p>

	OMCs have also introduced Tamper Evident Seals on pan India basis from 01.04.2016 to prevent pilferage/supply of underweight cylinders. In all established cases of supply of underweight cylinders/ pilferage by distributors, action is initiated as per provisions of Marketing Discipline Guidelines/ Distributorship Agreement.

	(Anupama Airy is the Founder and Editor of EnergyInfraPost.com and DefenceAviationPost.com. She can be reached at <a href="mailto:anupama.airy@gmail.com" target="_blank">anupama.airy@gmail.com</a>​, Twitter handle: @anupamaairy)

	<o:p> (Image: Indiatimes)</o:p>

Bid goodbye to pilferages as transparent LPG cylinders are going to be a reality soon

India has displaced Japan to become world's second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas (<keyword id="6360114" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="LPG">LPG</keyword>), thanks to PM <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword>'s pledge to provide gas cylinders to country’s poor households. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/latest/demand-for-fuel-in-india-to-rise-outpacing-china/articleshow/56564364.cms">China</a> continues to hold the first position. India’s LPG imports saw a rise of 23% during FY 2016-17, reaching 11 million tons, says data from oil ministry's <keyword id="503200" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Petroleum-Planning-Analysis-Cell">Petroleum Planning &amp; Analysis Cell</keyword>. On the other hand, Japan's imports slipped 3.2% and reached 10.6 million tons during the same period, as per its finance ministry. It was after his election as the PM in 2016 that Modi started a drive to provide <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/retail/government-is-yet-to-make-domestic-lpg-cashless-indian-oil-confirmson-twitter/articleshow/56156572.cms">free cooking gas</a> connections to women belonging to extremely poor households, therefore planning to reduce their dependence on polluting fuels like wood and dried cow. As per data from World Health Organization, these polluting fuels are responsible for 1.3 million premature deaths in India every year. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/beneficiaries-of-welfare-schemes-dont-need-to-have-aadhaar-rules-supreme-court/articleshow/57853497.cms">Beneficiaries of welfare schemes don’t need to have Aadhaar, rules Supreme Court</a> After this drive was started in 2016, India saw a record distribution of 32.5 million new cooking gas connections. "It's a game changer," Ong Han Wee, head of LPG team at Singapore-based Facts Global Energy told <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/pm-narendra-modi-push-to-make-kitchens-safer-makes-india-no-2-lpg-importer/articleshow/58335383.cms">Bloomberg</a>. "Never in history we have [sic] seen such huge LPG usage in India. LPG will remain main cooking fuel for India over next two decades." The government plans to increase <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/LPG-subsidy-in-bank-accounts/articleshow/52108184.cms">LPG usage</a> to an extent that it covers 80% of the country’s households by March 2019; this number stood at 72.8% on April 1 2017. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Bid-goodbye-to-pilferages-as-transparent-LPG-cylinders-are-going-to-be-a-reality-soon/articleshow/52025895.cms">Bid goodbye to pilferages as transparent LPG cylinders are going to be a reality soon</a> The fall in the demand of LPG in Japan could be because of its shift towards cheaper alternatives such as natural gas, says Ong.

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