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Cooking gas customers falling under the exempt category such as the military, police mess, Government organisations, approved charitable organisations and mid-day meals scheme in schools, will now be treated as domestic customers eligible for subsidised LPG cylinders.
Effective February 8, the public sector oil marketing companies will treat the non-domestic exempt category customers (14.2 kg/cylinder) as domestic customers and supply LPG cylinders at subsidised rates till the cap, as applicable for domestic customers, official sources told Business Line .
Domestic LPG customers are entitled for nine cylinders annually at a subsidised rate of Rs 410.50 a cylinder. Beyond the limit, customers have to buy cylinders at a market price of Rs 942 a cylinder in Delhi.
Following this Government directive, for this fiscal the exempt category will be eligible for two subsidised cylinders till March 31. From fiscal 2013-14, they will be eligible for nine cylinders.
In September last year, the Government had introduced the cap on subsidised cylinders for each household annually. However, at that time this category was not included in this scheme and had to pay market price for its entire consumption. The Government order also clearly states that no refund will be available for customers who have bought cylinders at market rates.
Though customers falling in the exempt category are fewer, the volumes are high, an LPG distributor said. The category accounts for 6-7 per cent of the total sales.
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