Indian team studies Indonesia's LPG programme

New Delhi:An Indian delegation visited an LPG bottling plant near Jakarta to study a key programme in Indonesia under which LPG kit is provided to customers to stop kerosene supply. The delegation led by Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas R P N Singh visited the LPG bottling plant of Pertamina near Jakarta to study 'Zero Kero Programme' implemented by Indonesia, an official statement said. As part of the programme Indonesia is providing an LPG kit comprising 3kg cylinder, cooking stove and pressure regulator free to kerosene customers and thereafter stop kerosene supply. The Government of Indonesia has converted 48 million kerosene users to LPG in the last three years. The Minister was informed that this has led to a subsidy saving of about USD 5 billion per annum.