Law for Cooking Gas & LPG Cylinder Regulation in India: "The Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000" Know the Law India

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Cooking gas or LPG cylinder at your home is governed by:

"The Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( Regulation of Supply and 

Distribution) Order, 2000"

by MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

If your distributor or supplier is violating any of the norms mentioned in above Order, you can complaint to higher authorities.

For example: 

Under Clause 9 (e):

No distributor shall, without prior written permission of the concerned Government Oil Company, refuse to make home delivery at the address of the consumer, as registered with the distributor;

Clause 9 (d):

No distributor shall sell LPG at a higher price than that fixed 

by the Government Oil Company or the parallel marketer.

Prohibited Activities

(for Government Oil Companies)

SCHEDULE -1[ see clause 3 (4) ]:

1. Forced sale of Stove / Hotplates to the consumers.

2. Recovery of unauthorised charges from applicant at the time of registration / release of new 

connection.

3. Supply of partially used cylinder / pilfering product from cylinder / cylinders with pilfered product 

to LPG consumer.

4. Unauthorised and/ or out of turn release of new LPG connections.

5. Unauthorised diversion of domestic cylinder for non-domestic use of LPG.

6. Acceptance of fake documents including Termination Vouchers and Transfer Termination

Vouchers.

7. Possession of spurious LPG equipment.

8. Induction of spurious LPG equipment and / or replacement by a spurious equipment.

9. Manipulation of mandatory records.

10. Non-home delivery of LPG refill supplies to consumer and / or not giving rebate on non-home 

delivery to LPG consumer.

11. Overcharging by distributor on LPG refill supplies, installation charges, mechanic charges and/ 

or any other charges authorised by the Government Oil Company.

12. Refusal to register requests for new connection and / or double bottle connection.

Some of the other key sections of the Order are as follows:

1. Short title and commencement. 

2. Definitions

3. Restriction on unauthorized possession, supply and consumption of liquefied 

petroleum gas

4. Restriction on storage and transport of liquefied petroleum gas 

5. Restriction on sale or distribution of liquefied petroleum gas below or in excess of the 

standard weight.

6. Prohibition on carrying unauthorized business of selling LPG

7. Possession, supply or sale of liquefied petroleum gas equipments.

8. Display of stock and price of liquefied petroleum gas

9. Procurement, storage and sale of liquefied petroleum gas by a distributor

10. Maintenance of register, account books by a distributor.

11. Assessment and Certification Rating of parallel marketers.

12. Maintenance of records and furnishing of information by parallel marketer,

13: Power of entry, search and seizure.

14: Overriding effect of the Order.

15. Power to exempt.

16. Repeal and savings 

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LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (REGULATION OF SUPPLY AND DISTRUBUTION) ORDER 2000

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