Deepam Connections – Identification, selection and sanction of connections to women belonging to poor sections of society

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA ABSTRACT
Civil Supplies – Deepam Connections – Identification, selection and sanction of
connections to women belonging to poor sections of society – Orders – Issued.

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CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLIES(CS.I-CCS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.MS.No. 3.  Date: 26-02-2015
Read the following:
1. G.O.Ms.No.8 F, CS & CA Dept. dated 04.02.2000.
2. G.O.Ms.No.11 F, CS & CA Dept. dated 11.02.2000.
3. G.O.Ms.No.22 F, CS & CA Dept. dated 28.03.2000.
4. G.O.Ms.No.65 F, CS & CA Dept. dated 22.12.2001.
5. G.O.Rt.No.3354 General Admn. (Cabinet) Dept. dated 24.06.2004.
6. G.O.Ms.No.80 F, CS & CA Dept. dated 21.10.2004.
7. G.O.Ms.No.1, CAF&CS (CS.I) Department dated 07.01.2010.
8. G.O.Ms.No.18, CAF&CS (CS.III) Department dated 21.04.2012.
9. G.O.Rt.No.42 CAF&CS (CS.I-CCS) Department dated 03.11.2014.
ORDER:
In supersession of the orders issued in the references read above, the
Govt. issue the following orders for sanction of Deepam connections to Women
belonging to the poor sections of the society with a view to reduce dependence on
forest for firewood, improve their health status, remove drudgery due to
conventional cooking and improve the general environment of the State by
paying the cost of LPG cylinder and regulator as per the rate of the Oil Companies
in force from time to time.
2.  With a view to ensuring that the identification, selection and sanction under
Deepam Scheme is done in a simple, transparent and fool-proof manner and that
every needy and genuine family gets it for proper domestic use, it is considered
to issue revised guidelines.
3.  The following revised guidelines are therefore issued for identification,
selection and sanction of Deepam connections.
a) The Collectors shall be the authorities competent to select the
beneficiaries in the district for sanction of LPG connections under
Deepam.
b) The women belonging to poor sections like SC, ST, Minorities, etc., who
are really in need of the connection for their regular domestic use shall
be eligible for sanction of Deepam Connection. Self Help Groups (IKP) –
Rural and Urban groups shall be given high priority in selection.
c) Identification of the prospective beneficiaries shall be done strictly
based on satisfaction that they are presently not having any
LPG/Deepam connection.
d) The selection shall be done by a Committee with the following:
i)  Collector  ..  Chairman
ii)  PD, IKP (Rural)
iii)  PD, IKP (Urban)
iv)  All Municipal Commissioners Members
v)  District Level Coordinator for LPG
vi)  Dist. Supply Officer Convenor
4.  This Committee shall take into consideration various aspects like (1)
the proposed beneficiary is not already having a LPG/Deepam connection,
(2) She shall utilize it for domestic consumption properly and is not in a
position to make the payment for LPG cylinder and Regulator and then
select the eligible persons.
5.  Once the identification is completed, the list shall be displayed in the
Gram Panchayat Office in respect of rural areas and in Ward / Circle Offices
of Municipalities / Municipal Corporations in urban areas for any objections
etc. After giving 3 days time, a Gram Sabha/ Ward Sabha may be
conducted and the names of the eligible / identified beneficiaries be read
over; objections, if any received, to be examined on the spot wherever
possible, and final  list with the Signature of the Sarpanch or
Councilor/Corporator of the Ward shall be sent to the Collector. The
selection process shall be in a transparent manner.
6.  The Collector shall arrange to send letters to the beneficiaries thus
identified requiring them to give an undertaking indicating that she is not in
possession of a LPG/Deepam Connection and once the connection is
granted, she shall utilize for her own family needs and shall not sell it to
others nor lend it to others. They shall also furnish their Aadhaar number.
7.  On receipt of such an undertaking, the data shall be uploaded in the
system for cross checking with Aadhaar number from the list already
seeded whether the beneficiary is already in possession of LPG/Deepam
connection and after satisfying that the beneficiary is not having a
LPG/Deepam connection, sanction order will be issued in the name of the
beneficiary and list communicated to the Oil Companies for grounding the
connection.
8.  The LPG dealer from whom the connection is to be issued shall
assign the consumer number, issue the connection and upload on web
site – www.civilsupplies.telangana.gov.in.
9.  After this, the Assistant Supply Officers / Tahsildars shall verify
whether the grounding of the connection has been done and after
verification, certify and shall upload the ground details with necessary
remarks for adjustment of the security deposit paid to the Oil Companies.
10.  While sanctioning the connections, Collectors shall ensure that the
selection is made as per the allocation made to the district by the
Government and there shall not be any deviation from allotment from one
constituency to another for any reason.
11.  All the Collectors are informed that the above instructions shall be
followed scrupulously. Government or Commissioner of Civil Supplies may
also issue any further guidelines from time to time which may be followed
accordingly.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)
C. PARTHA SARATHI,
EX-OFFICO SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT