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LPG radio
tags
·
On August
22, 2008
Petroleum
Ministry
shared plans
to provide
LPG
cylinders,
used for
cooking in
households,
with a radio
frequency
tag to
detect if
the heavily
subsidised
gas was
being
diverted to
commercial
establishments
like
restaurants.
·
Domestic
LPG costs Rs
348.89 less
than the
cylinders
meant for
commercial
use and this
difference
often leads
them into
restaurants
and hotels
that are
supposed to
use only
industrial
LPG
Mission
IAS’2009
·
All
cylinders
will be
tagged with
a unique
number and
consumers
will be
issued smart
cards.
·
Every time a
refill is
delivered,
the unique
number would
be stored on
the smart
cards. Oil
companies
have already
colour
differentiated
the
domestic-use
cylinders
from those
meant for
non-domestic
usage -
red is the
colour of
14.2-kg
cylinder
meant for
household
use and
oxford blue
would be the
colour for
19-kg
commercial
cylinder.
·
Liquid
petroleum
gases were
discovered
in 1912 when
Dr. Walter
Snelling,
an American
scientist,
realized
that these
gases could
be changed
into liquids
and stored
under
moderate
pressure.
·
From 1912
and 1920,
LP-gas uses
were
developed.
·
The first
LPG cook
stove was
made in 1912,
and the
first LPG
-fueled car
was
developed in
1913. LPG
was sold
commercially
by 1920.
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