The government has expanded the OTP-based Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) system to curb LPG diversion and black marketing. Coverage has risen to 72 percent, with a target of 80% of deliveries. Customers must share the OTP at delivery, while the system digitally flags irregularities, ensuring cylinders reach the rightful household.

India's cooking gas distribution network has long been plagued by a quiet crisis - subsidised LPG cylinders meant for households routinely ended up in the black market, diverted by unscrupulous delivery personnel and agents. With the LPG crisis now deepening due to the US-Iran war, the government's answer to this is deceptively simple - an OTP.

What Is the DAC System?

The Delivery Authentication Code (DAC) is a one-time-use code used to verify the legitimacy of home LPG cylinder delivery, ensuring the cylinder reaches the rightful customer. When a booking is made, the customer receives the code on their registered mobile number, which must be shown to the delivery person before the cylinder changes hands.

Govt has expanded coverage of the DAC system