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{{About|an Indian-based company|the hydrocarbon|Indane|other uses|Indane (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|Household name in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
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| image          =  
| image          =  
| caption        = Indane Logo
| caption        = Indane Logo
| type          = [[Liquefied petroleum gas|Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/man-detained-for-stealing-truck-carrying-lpg-cylinders/articleshow/60383749.cms|title=Man detained for stealing truck carrying LPG cylinders - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>
| type          = [[Liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/man-detained-for-stealing-truck-carrying-lpg-cylinders/articleshow/60383749.cms|title=Man detained for stealing truck carrying LPG cylinders - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>
| currentowner  = [[Indian Oil Corporation]] (100%) <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/indian-oil-corporation-launches-450-kg-jumbo-cylinder-in-coimbatore-4733675/|title=Indian Oil Corporation launches 450-kg jumbo cylinder in Coimbatore|date=2017-07-03|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}}</ref>
| currentowner  = [[Indian Oil Corporation]], [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]], [[Government of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/indian-oil-corporation-launches-450-kg-jumbo-cylinder-in-coimbatore-4733675/|title=Indian Oil Corporation launches 450-kg jumbo cylinder in Coimbatore|date=2017-07-03|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}}</ref>
| origin        = [[India]]
| origin        = [[India]]
| introduced    = 1965
| introduced    = 1965
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| ambassadors    =  
| ambassadors    =  
| tagline        = Safe. Reliable. Convenient.
| tagline        = Safe. Reliable. Convenient.
| website        = [https://indane.co.in/ Indane Website]
| website        = [https://cx.indianoil.in/ Indane website]
}}
}}
   
   
'''Indane''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/multiple-gas-cylinder-explosions-rishikesh-badrinath-highway-char-dham-yatra/1/985439.html|title=Watch: Multiple gas cylinder explosions on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/consumers-end-up-paying-more-to-avail-rs-5-lpg-discount-in-hubballi/articleshow/56492365.cms|title=Consumers end up paying more to avail Rs 5 LPG discount in Hubballi - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> is a [[Liquefied petroleum gas|Liquefied Petroleum Gas]] (LPG) brand developed and owned by [[Indian Oil Corporation]] in [[India]]. It is the world's second largest LPG marketer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/west-bengal-northeast-to-have-iocs-jumbo-450-kg-lpg-pack-this-financial-year/articleshow/60110005.cms|title=West Bengal, northeast to have IOC's jumbo 450 kg LPG pack this financial year|last=Sarkar|first=Debasis|date=2017-08-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> The brand was conceived in 1964 to bring modern cooking to Indian kitchens. The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at [[Kolkata]]. Indane serves more than 130 million families through a network of 12500 distributors. 27% of its customers reside in semi-urban or rural markets and every second LPG cooking gas connection in India is that of Indane. The sales network is backed by 47 Indane Area Offices. The brand has been awarded the title of "Superbrand" by [[Superbrands|Superbrand India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Indane-A-Superbrand-after-50-years-that-now-lights-fire-in-9-crore-kitchens/articleshow/49306933.cms|title=Indane: A Superbrand after 50 years that now lights fire in 9 crore kitchens - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>
'''Indane'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/uttarakhand/story/multiple-gas-cylinder-explosions-rishikesh-badrinath-highway-char-dham-yatra-984242-2017-06-23|title=Watch: Multiple gas cylinder explosions on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/consumers-end-up-paying-more-to-avail-rs-5-lpg-discount-in-hubballi/articleshow/56492365.cms|title=Consumers end up paying more to avail Rs 5 LPG discount in Hubballi - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> is a [[subsidiary]] of [[Indian Oil Corporation]] which is under the ownership of [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] of the [[government of India]]. It is the world's second largest government-owned subsidiary responsible for manufacturing '''LPG'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/west-bengal-northeast-to-have-iocs-jumbo-450-kg-lpg-pack-this-financial-year/articleshow/60110005.cms|title=West Bengal, northeast to have IOC's jumbo 450 kg LPG pack this financial year|last=Sarkar|first=Debasis|date=2017-08-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref> The brand was conceived in 1964 to bring modern cooking to Indian kitchens. The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at [[Kolkata]]. Indane serves more than 130 million families through a network of 12,500 distributors. 27% of its customers reside in semi-urban or rural markets and every second LPG cooking gas connection in India is that of Indane. The sales network is backed by 47 Indane area offices. The brand has been awarded the title of "Superbrand" by [[Superbrands|Superbrand India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Indane-A-Superbrand-after-50-years-that-now-lights-fire-in-9-crore-kitchens/articleshow/49306933.cms|title=Indane: A Superbrand after 50 years that now lights fire in 9 crore kitchens - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>


==History==
==History==


The marketing operations for LPG commenced in India in 1955 at Mumbai, under the [[Burmah Oil|Burmah Shell Oil Company]]. It was not until Indian Oil took charge that it actually became a flourishing and recognizable industry. Brand Indane was conceived in 1964 and had very modest beginnings. The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at Kolkata. Indane began operations in October 1965, with two dealerships in Kolkata and [[Patna]], and a consumer base of around 2,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indianegas.in/news/indane-light-9-crore-kitchens-after-50-years.html|title=Indane Light 9 Crore Kitchens After 50 Years - Indane Gas|date=2015-10-19|work=Indane Gas|access-date=2017-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref> At that time the concept of a cooking gas was new to the customers and they were apprehensive of keeping a gas cylinder in their kitchens, perceiving it as unsafe and a potential hazard.<ref>[http://www.superbrandsindia.com/images/brand_pdf/consumer_3rd_edition/Indane.pdf Superbrands - Indane]</ref>
The marketing operations for LPG commenced in [[India]] in 1955 at [[Mumbai]], under the [[Burmah Oil|Burmah Shell Oil Company]]. It was not until Indian Oil took charge that it actually became a flourishing and recognizable industry. Brand Indane was conceived in 1964 and had very modest beginnings. The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at Kolkata. Indane began operations in October 1965, with two dealerships in Kolkata and [[Patna]], and a consumer base of around 2,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indianegas.in/news/indane-light-9-crore-kitchens-after-50-years.html|title=Indane Light 9 Crore Kitchens After 50 Years - Indane Gas|date=2015-10-19|work=Indane Gas|access-date=2017-09-16|language=en-US}}</ref> At that time the concept of a cooking gas was new to the customers and they were apprehensive of keeping a gas cylinder in their kitchens, perceiving it as unsafe and a potential hazard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.superbrandsindia.com/images/brand_pdf/consumer_3rd_edition/Indane.pdf |title=Superbrands - Indane |access-date=16 September 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417050201/http://www.superbrandsindia.com/images/brand_pdf/consumer_3rd_edition/Indane.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>


More than 50 years later, Indane now has a customer base of more than 98 million and its distribution network delivers more than 2 million LPG cylinders in a day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ioc-launches-450-kg-jumbo-lpg-cylinder-in-coimbatore/431131.html|title=IOC launches 450-kg jumbo LPG cylinder in Coimbatore|date=3 July 2017|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>
More than 50 years later, Indane now has a customer base of more than 130 million and its distribution network delivers more than 2 million LPG cylinders in a day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ioc-launches-450-kg-jumbo-lpg-cylinder-in-coimbatore/431131.html|title=IOC launches 450-kg jumbo LPG cylinder in Coimbatore|date=3 July 2017|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=16 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225409/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ioc-launches-450-kg-jumbo-lpg-cylinder-in-coimbatore/431131.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Plants and Distribution Network==
==Plants and Distribution Network==


Bulk LPG is packed in LPG cylinders in bottling plants. IOCL currently has 91 bottling plants in the country to do such bottling. In a bottling plant, bulk LPG is received from the sources through pipelines, by road or by rail. This is then stored in the vessels and then filled in cylinders using sophisticated filling machines called Carousals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indane.co.in/bottling.php|title=Indane Online : Online Gas Booking and Services|website=indane.co.in|language=en|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref> The world’s highest LPG bottling plant – situated 3500 metres above sea level – is the Indane plant at Leh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/world-lpg-body-lauds-modi-governments-cooking-gas-coverage-efforts/57021653|title=World LPG body lauds Modi government's cooking gas coverage efforts - ET EnergyWorld|last=www.ETEnergyworld.com|website=ETEnergyworld.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref>
Bulk LPG is packed in LPG cylinders in bottling plants. IOCL currently has 91 bottling plants in the country to do such bottling. In a bottling plant, bulk LPG is received from the sources through pipelines, by road or by rail. This is then stored in the vessels and then filled in cylinders using sophisticated filling machines called Carousals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indane.co.in/bottling.php|title=Indane Online : Online Gas Booking and Services|website=indane.co.in|language=en|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032127/https://indane.co.in/bottling.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The world's highest LPG bottling plant – situated 3500 metres above sea level – is the Indane plant at [[Leh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/world-lpg-body-lauds-modi-governments-cooking-gas-coverage-efforts/57021653|title=World LPG body lauds Modi government's cooking gas coverage efforts - ET EnergyWorld|last=www.ETEnergyworld.com|website=ETEnergyworld.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref>


Indane has a network of more than 9100 distributors across India with presence in more than 6,250 towns.<ref>[https://iocl.com/download/IOC-APC-2016.pdf IOCL Annual Press Conference - 2016]</ref> The sales network is backed by 45 Indane Area Offices.
Indane has a network of more than 12,500 distributors across India with presence in more than 6,250 towns.<ref>[https://iocl.com/download/IOC-APC-2016.pdf IOCL Annual Press Conference - 2016]</ref> The sales network is backed by 45 Indane area offices.


==See also==
== See More ==
* [[Indian Oil Corporation]]
* [[Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana]]


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Energy companies and organizations in India}}
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{{Public Sector Undertakings in India}}
{{Public Sector Undertakings in India}}



Latest revision as of 12:10, 27 March 2026

Indane
Product typeLPG[1]
OwnerIndian Oil Corporation, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India[2]
CountryIndia
Introduced1965
MarketsIndia
TaglineSafe. Reliable. Convenient.
WebsiteIndane website

Indane[3][4] is a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation which is under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the government of India. It is the world's second largest government-owned subsidiary responsible for manufacturing LPG.[5] The brand was conceived in 1964 to bring modern cooking to Indian kitchens. The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at Kolkata. Indane serves more than 130 million families through a network of 12,500 distributors. 27% of its customers reside in semi-urban or rural markets and every second LPG cooking gas connection in India is that of Indane. The sales network is backed by 47 Indane area offices. The brand has been awarded the title of "Superbrand" by Superbrand India.[6]

History[edit | edit source]

The marketing operations for LPG commenced in India in 1955 at Mumbai, under the Burmah Shell Oil Company. It was not until Indian Oil took charge that it actually became a flourishing and recognizable industry. Brand Indane was conceived in 1964 and had very modest beginnings. The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at Kolkata. Indane began operations in October 1965, with two dealerships in Kolkata and Patna, and a consumer base of around 2,000.[7] At that time the concept of a cooking gas was new to the customers and they were apprehensive of keeping a gas cylinder in their kitchens, perceiving it as unsafe and a potential hazard.[8]

More than 50 years later, Indane now has a customer base of more than 130 million and its distribution network delivers more than 2 million LPG cylinders in a day.[9]

Plants and Distribution Network[edit | edit source]

Bulk LPG is packed in LPG cylinders in bottling plants. IOCL currently has 91 bottling plants in the country to do such bottling. In a bottling plant, bulk LPG is received from the sources through pipelines, by road or by rail. This is then stored in the vessels and then filled in cylinders using sophisticated filling machines called Carousals.[10] The world's highest LPG bottling plant – situated 3500 metres above sea level – is the Indane plant at Leh.[11]

Indane has a network of more than 12,500 distributors across India with presence in more than 6,250 towns.[12] The sales network is backed by 45 Indane area offices.

See More[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Man detained for stealing truck carrying LPG cylinders - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. "Indian Oil Corporation launches 450-kg jumbo cylinder in Coimbatore". The Indian Express. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. "Watch: Multiple gas cylinder explosions on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway". Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. "Consumers end up paying more to avail Rs 5 LPG discount in Hubballi - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. Sarkar, Debasis (18 August 2017). "West Bengal, northeast to have IOC's jumbo 450 kg LPG pack this financial year". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  6. "Indane: A Superbrand after 50 years that now lights fire in 9 crore kitchens - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  7. "Indane Light 9 Crore Kitchens After 50 Years - Indane Gas". Indane Gas. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  8. "Superbrands - Indane" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. "IOC launches 450-kg jumbo LPG cylinder in Coimbatore". 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  10. "Indane Online : Online Gas Booking and Services". indane.co.in. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  11. www.ETEnergyworld.com. "World LPG body lauds Modi government's cooking gas coverage efforts - ET EnergyWorld". ETEnergyworld.com. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  12. IOCL Annual Press Conference - 2016

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