Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today issued a Unified Guidelines for Selection of LPG distributorships in the country. <br/><br/>The new set of guidelines will help strengthen supply chain of LPG distribution focusing on rural areas and creating job opportunities.Under it , there will be four types of distributorships with varying refill ceiling limits which are Sheheri, Rurban, Gramin and Durgam Vitrak. <br/><br/>Releasing the guidelines in New Delhi, Mr Pradhan said, 33 per cent reservation to women across all categories has been introduced to encourage women entrepreneurship.He said, 3 per cent reservation has also been given for Divyang candidates.<br/><br/>Monetary norms for security deposit have been relaxed for the selected candidates belonging to SCs,STs and OBCs. Eligibility norms for age, education, fund requirement and ownership of land for godown and showroom have been relaxed to make selection process more participative. <br/><br/>To address the issue of last mile reach of LPG in difficult areas, LPG Suvidha Kendra facility will be introduced for improving delivery of services. LPG distributorships would be set up in active collaboration with the State Government agencies to strengthen the supply chain in Durgam areas.<br/><br/>Unified Guidelines will pave the way for a more broadbased, participative and transparent system of selection of distributors across the country.Mr Pradhan also said, the government will start the e process for selection of ten thousand new LPG distributors in the country.