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Finally, here is a piece of good news for all you homemakers! Now you don't have to wait for weeks on for cooking gas to be delivered at your home.

Oil marketing companies have initiated a new rating system for cooking gas dealers under which they will be compelled to refill and deliver LPG gas to your home within a stipulated period. Failing to do so won't just raze their rating, but also seize their license, if the gas cylinder doesn't reach you in eight days time.

Those agencies offering most prompt service, compulsorily delivering cylinders within 48 hours of booking, will be conferred five-star. In case of not delivering within the stipulated period warranted by their rating, they get downgraded to the lower level .

“Apart from the time-bound delivery for subscribers, the new system also puts pressure on dealers of the three oil marketing companies - IOC, BPCL and HPCL - to compete for more business among themselves as the government has introduced cylinder portability similar to that for mobile numbers. The best-rated dealer among the three OMCs stands to get additional subscribers from competitors who don't serve their customers well,” reported a leading national daily.

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