Beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) will get free LPG refills in Kashmir for the next three months.
The scheme was recently announced by Government of India,under this scheme free LPG refills will be provided for all the UjjwalaYojanaconsumers for the next three months, I;eApril 2020- 30th June 2020.
Announcement in this regard was made in separate pressconferences organized by the District Nodal Officer OMC (Kupwara, Baramulla)Mohammad Idrees Wani, District Nodal Officer OMC (Srinagar) Anees Jeelani Qariand Anantnag District Nodal Officer OMC Hamid Bashir Bulbul. They said that inJ&K, under PMUY scheme, so far 12.5 lakh LPG connections have beenreleased. ‘This great achievement has been possible by the untiring efforts putin by Oil marketing Companies under the guidance of Ministry Of Petroleum andNatural Gas,” they said.
Bulbul said in the district Anantnag 123253 PMUYbeneficiaries will get free refills of LPG for three months. Qari said indistrict Srinagar, there are 95500 PMUYbeneficiaries who will be getting free refills of LPG for three months.Similarly, in Kupwara and Baramulla, Wani said there are 121550 and 129733 PMUYbeneficiaries.
They said under the scheme, it has been decided to transferthe full RSP of the refill cost for April, in advance, to the linked bankaccount of Ujjwala beneficiaries solely for the purpose of utilising thisamount to purchase the free LPG cylinders. They said a PMUY customer isentitled to one cylinder per month. “The beneficiary can book the nextrefill only after 15 days of receipt of the last refill. The booking of refillmust be done through IVRS or registered mobile number. Refill acknowledgementcan be OTP based/Lat-long capture/undertaking, besides cash-memo signature andGas book entry,” they said.
“The Corporation’s LPG distributorships arewell-stocked for the lockdown period and there is no shortage. Customers areadvised not to panic, or resort to hoarding and panic-buying.LPG customers are,therefore, advised not to resort to panic-booking or visit the showrooms and godownsof their LPG distributorships for obtaining refills. They can book for LPGrefills from their own homes through SMS/IVRS, WhatsApp ( IOC : 75888 88824, HP: 92222-01122),. Missed Call (BPC : 77109 55555) or online thru Umang app, HPPay, PayTM, My HP Gas App , BBPS (for HPC) , IndianOilOne mobile app orhttps://cx.indianoil.in , @Paytm (For IOCL) and PayTm, PhonePay, Amazon, Bharatgas App (for BPC) for delivery of LPG refill cylinders at their doorsteps.Consumer can also book their cylinder by dailingIVRS number from their phones(HPC-9086023456,IOC-9086024365,BPC-7718012345),” they said.