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PANJIM: Fair price shops in Goa have been allowed to sell mini LPG cylinders, according to Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli.
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Maharashtra and Rajasthan are the two States which have been allowed to sell mini LPG cylinders.
This was informed by Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a starred question in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Teli further said that as per the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) Control Order 2015, the licences to the Fair Price Shop (FPS) owners are issued by the respective State governments/Union Territories (UTs) keeping in view the viability of the FPSs.
The FPS are also empowered to allow sale of commodities other than the food grains distributed under the TPDS at the FPS to improve the viability of fair price operations.
However, Department of Food and Public Distribution has further provided a common meeting ground to States/UTs and the Oil Marketing Companies to take the initiative of sale of Mini LPG cylinders at FPS, forward, Teli said.
A few months ago the Government of India had decided to make available small cooking gas cylinders for retail purchase at fair price shops so as to boost the financial viability of the FPS.
