(a) the number of LPG Distributors of Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Oil Marketing Companies
(OMCs) found involved in using underweight cylinders during the last three years and the current
years ;
(b) the action taken on all those LPG distributors by PSU OMCs ; and
(c) the number of LPG distributors whose licences had been suspended by PSUs, OMCs during the last
three years and the current year for using underweight cylinders ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS(SHRI JITIN PRASADA )
(a) to (c) : Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have reported 154 cases of supply of
underweight domestic LPG cylinders to consumers by the LPG distributors in the country during
the last three years and April-June, 2009.Action against all the erring distributors was
taken as per the provisions of the Marketing Discipline Guidelines (MDG) including termination
of one LPG distributor during the same period.