The EASYGAS (Online LPG Booking System) initiative on district Gonda, Uttar Pradesh won the Jury Choice Award under the ‘CSC Initiative’ category of eIndia eGovernance Awards 2013. The award was handed over to project team during the recently held eIndia eGovernance Summit 2013 at Hyderabad in July 2013.

EASYGAS is an IT based initiative taken by District Magistrate, Gonda Dr. Roshan Jacob, IAS. NIC Gonda provided the necessary technical inputs and in consultation with district administration developed & implemented the EasyGas application in the district. The project has been designed to prepare a reliable database of commercial and non-commercial consumers, provide accurate statement of LPG stock position with various distribution agencies, and create an interface for Common Service Centre, Lokvani based booking facility for the citizens living in villages and remote areas of the district. The project also ensures that all consumers of LPG cylinders would get home delivery of the cylinder within seven days of booking.

EASYGAS has received widespread appreciation from the citizens and consumers. It has provided a useful model of improving governance and service delivery by creating entitlement rights for consumers by using the CSC/Lokvani centres as an additional interface between the beneficiary/customer and the existing mechanism of delivery.