New Delhi, April 5 -- The Central government has ramped up the sale of small 5-kg LPG cylinders to meet the growing demand in the country amid West Asia war, with it selling 6.6 lakh units since March 23. According to a report in news agency PTI, the availability of 5-kg cylinders, sold across-the-counter at LPG distributorships on showing valid ID proofs, has been stepped up.

The 5-kg bottles of LPG, that are also called the FTL cylinders, are priced at market rates. They do not require any address proof for procurement. The subsidised domestic cylinders, 14.2 kg cylinders, do require address proofs.

The The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, in a statement, said, "Yesterday [April 4], more than 90,000, 5Kg FTL cylinders were sold....