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"To (1) The Director General, Petroleum planning & Analysis Cell, SCOPE complex, Core 8, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003.
(2) The secretary/Administrator, Deptt. of Food and Civil Supplies (All Sates/UTs- as per the list attached).

Subject: Allocation of Kerosene for distribution under the Public Distribution System (PDS) for the 3rd Quarter of 2021-22 (October - December, 2021). Sir, I am directed to allocate PDS SKO Quota for the 3rd Quarter of 2021-22 to the States/UTs as per the annexure. 



                                                       Yours Faithfully

     Encl.: As Above                                         Sd/-
                                                     (Rakesh Mishra)
                                 Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
                                                      Tele: 23385557"

The Government of India, in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, directs allocation of kerosene for distribution under the PDS to the targeted beneficiaries only for the purpose of cooking and illumination. The reason was rampant diversion of kerosene for petrol and diesel or any other unintended use. The annexure appended would indicate that the State of Karnataka was allocated 7440 kiloliters of kerosene for the third quarter of 2021-22. It is continued from time to time. Statistics were called for by the Government of India as to the usage of kerosene. The kerosene card count of all the Districts of Karnataka is as follows: