Yaar, suno suno! LPG cylinders ki delivery ab hamesha OTP se hi hogi. Jo One-Time Password (OTP) wala system hai na, jise Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) bhi kehte hain, usko government ne permanently apna liya hai. Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) ne yeh decision liya hai taaki black market mein LPG ki chori aur hoarding par lagaam lagayi ja sake. Socho, woh cylinders jo ration mein milne chahiye, woh galat haath mein nahi jayenge!
Aur yeh koi choti baat nahi hai, yeh DAC system ab tak 93% se bhi zyada LPG deliveries mein use ho raha hai! Isse LPG ki diversion kaafi control mein aa gayi hai. Daily desh bhar mein 52 se 55 lakh 14.2 kg wale LPG cylinders deliver hote hain, aur lagbhag 99% online bookings toh digitally hi ho rahi hain. Yeh sab India ki energy sector mein digitalization ka bada step hai.
Ab iska timing bhi mast hai. Duniya bhar mein energy markets mein instability chal rahi hai, specially West Asia mein problems ki wajah se. India ki 85% LPG imports toh Strait of Hormuz se aati hai, toh supply chain ko mazboot karna bahut zaroori hai. Yeh move ensures karega ki jitni bhi procured fuel hai, woh rightful end-users tak pahunche, especially 10.50 crore se zyada Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries tak.
Par bhai, har technology ke saath kuch challenges toh aate hi hain. Agar consumer ka mobile number sahi register nahi hai ya network issue hai, toh delivery mein dikat ho sakti hai. Aur jo log pehle cylinders ko black mein 5 guna zyada price pe bechte the, woh naye tareeke dhund sakte hain. Government ne pehle hi 1.28 lakh se zyada raids ki hain aur hazaron cylinders pakde hain. Plus, centralized digital systems par cyber attack ka risk bhi rehta hai, jispar work chal raha hai.
