Collector to beneficiaries Avail of free gas cylinder scheme in Prakasam

Prakasam district Collector A Thameem Ansariya has made it clear all arrangements were made to implement the free gas cylinder scheme.
The Collector held a meeting with the dealers of gas agencies, Joint Collector R Gopal Krishna and other officials and reviewed the arrangements made to implement the free gas cylinders scheme in the district.  
Speaking on the occasion, the Collector told the gas dealers and distributors to take required steps to deliver gas cylinders under the scheme without being cumbersome to the beneficiaries.
The District Collector said that the State Government would start providing free 3 gas cylinders per year to the eligible poor families under Deepam-2 scheme from October 31st onwards. She informed that there are 49 gas agencies in the district and 6,82,437 gas connections.  Under this scheme, those who have LPG connection, Aadhaar number, ration card and bank account number linked with Aadhaar number, are eligible to get 3 gas cylinders at free of cost in a year, the Collector asserted.
“In order to avail the benefit under this scheme, the beneficiaries have to book a gas cylinder with their gas agency and pay the cylinder price to them in full. Later the eligible beneficiaries will be refunded the money by crediting into their bank accounts under DBT mode within 2 days,” Collector Ansariya explained.
Beneficiaries, who want to get the first free gas cylinder under this scheme, have the facility of booking at their gas cylinder with the agency from October 31st to March 31st, 2025, she observed.
“The first free gas cylinder will be supplied to the beneficiaries within 24 to 48 hours of booking. The beneficiaries may throng to the gas agencies and the gas agency managements should take steps to ensure that their work is done quickly and the beneficiaries do not feel inconvenience,” she told the gas supply agencies. She advised the beneficiaries not to worry about getting a free gas cylinder under the Deepak scheme as there is plenty of time to complete the formalities.
The Collector appealed to the beneficiaries to avail the free gas cylinders scheme benefit and asked them to get their e-KYC done with the gas agencies.  District Civil Supplies Officer Padmasri, IOCL Nodal officer Bhaskar Rao and representatives of gas agencies attended the meeting.