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23/12/22 20:29 PM IST

QR Codes for LPG Cylinders

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  • A pilot study for QR code tagging of cylinders has been undertaken by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) at Madanpur Khadar Bottling Plant, Delhi.
Working of QR Code
  • It will be launched by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to help prevent gas theft from LPG gas cylinders, solve issues of adulteration, unfair practices, pilferage, tracking, tracing and ensure better inventory management of the cylinders.
  • QR Code will be posted on existing cylinders and welded on new ones.
  • QR code can be read by a digital device
  • It is likely to work in the same way as the Aadhar card.
  • The LPG customers will be able to access information about the purchased cylinder such as where it was bottled, who is the dealer, when it was manufactured, refiling, safety tests, locating stolen cylinders, among other details.
QR Code
  • A QR code consists of black square and dots.
  • They store information in both vertical and horizontal axes, which allows them to hold significantly more data.
Source- PIB

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