Kerosene Free Delhi Case Study

“Kerosene Free Delhi” scheme was launched by the Government of Delhi to make Delhi as the first kerosene free city in the country by providing LPG connections to all the households who use Kerosene as the predominant cooking fuel. The government decided to cover all those who had AAY/BPL/JRC ration cards and were using kerosene for cooking as eligible beneficiaries under the scheme. The Food & Supplies Department was the nodal government agency which was entrusted to launch and monitor the scheme. At the onset of the scheme, the department invited applications from the eligible households, followed by verifications and distribution of LPG kits under a procedure outlined in (Figure 3).
In the financial year 2012-13, Government incurred an expenditure
The State-level-Coordinator would select any of the three companies (IOCL/BPCL/HPCL) as per the policy of the MoPNG and would forward the application online to the respective oil company and would inform the Assistant Commissioner. Thereafter he would generate the letter in the name of the respective oil company and would forward the same to them by enclosing application physically. vii. The respective oil companies (IOCL/BPCL/HPCL) would first allot any of the area distributors to the list of the beneficiaries who are located within their service radius and then would forward the online application of the beneficiary to the concerned distributors. viii. The concerned distributors would contact the beneficiary, would complete all the requisite formalities and would issue the LPG connection (i.e. LPG filled cylinder, regulator, rubber pipe, 2 burner gas stove and a blue book etc.) to the beneficiary. After releasing the connection, the distributor would submit the bill of the LPG connection to their respective oil companies. ix. For bringing transparency, Assistant Commissioner would coordinate with the area M.L.A, FSO,(Food and Supply Office) concerned Oil Company and distributor on each and every issue and would organize at least one event in each Circle in consultation with M.L.A for distribution of LPG