💡 Utilities

Get a new LPG gas connection

Domestic LPG connections are provided by the oil marketing companies (Indane, Bharatgas, HP Gas) through local distributors. Poor households can get a deposit-free connection under PM Ujjwala Yojana. Connections can also be transferred when you move.

Apply for a new electricity connection

Electricity connections are provided by your state or private distribution company (discom). Under the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, discoms must accept applications online and release connections within prescribed time limits.

Block a lost or stolen mobile phone and check connections in your name (Sanchar Saathi)

Sanchar Saathi, from the Department of Telecommunications, lets you block a lost or stolen phone's IMEI across all networks (CEIR), see all mobile connections issued in your name and report unknown ones, check whether a handset is genuine, and report suspected fraud communications.

PM-KUSUM

Support for solar irrigation: standalone solar pumps, solarising grid-connected pumps, and small solar plants on farmland. The current phase is winding down (projects must be completed by 31 March 2027), and a revamped PM-KUSUM 2.0 is under consideration. Check with your state nodal agency whether new applications are open.

PM Ujjwala

Deposit-free LPG connections for adult women from poor households, so families can switch from firewood and other polluting fuels to clean cooking gas.

PM Surya Ghar

Central subsidy for households to install rooftop solar, cutting electricity bills and allowing surplus power to be sold to the discom.

Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Jal)

Aims to give every rural household a functional household tap connection supplying safe drinking water in adequate quantity.

SBM-G IHHL

Incentive for eligible rural households without a toilet to build one, under Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin).