New Delhi: Petroleum Minister Hardeep S Puri has shared an innovative video that showed how LPG cylinders would be embedded with QR codes so that they can be tracked. In a bid to curb LPG theft, the QR codes will be pasted on existing cylinders and welded on new ones, Puri was told by the officials in the video.
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The Petroleum Minister took to twitter to share the video. He wrote, “Fueling Traceability! A remarkable innovation – this QR Code will be pasted on existing cylinders & welded on new ones – when activated it has the potential to resolve several existing issues of pilferage, tracking & tracing & better inventory management of gas cylinders.”
Minister Puri on Wednesday said there was an urgent need to produce and use energy in a sustainable way, while ensuring affordability and availability to everyone.
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Noting the relevance of the theme of World LPG Week 2022, the Minister said that the theme — Humanising Energy – is apt as energy has a direct impact on human wellbeing and there is an urgent need to produce and use energy in a sustainable way, while ensuring affordability and availability to everyone. World LPG Week 2022 is being held from November 14 to 18, 2022, at India Expo Mart (IEML), Greater Noida.