Mahalakshmi: the ₹500 gas cylinder and free bus travel for women
How to travel free on TGSRTC buses, and how to get the ₹500 gas cylinder, under the Mahalakshmi scheme.
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Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.
For whom: Bus travel: girls, women and transgender persons domiciled in Telangana. Gas cylinder: white ration card holders with a gas connection in their own name. The ₹2,500 a month for women is not in this guide: we found no government order for it.
Answer the questions below first. Then the documents and steps open.
1Your situation
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- What do you need?
- Is the traveller a girl, a woman or a transgender person domiciled in Telangana?
- Does your family have a white ration card (food security card)?
- Do you have a domestic gas (LPG) connection in your own name that is in use?
- Did you apply for the gas cylinder in Praja Palana (28 December 2023 to 6 January 2024)?
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Each step below says who it is for. Confirm yours at the office, then change your answer here.
This route does not apply to your situation
Under the order (G.O.Ms.No.47 of 08.12.2023), free travel is only for girls, women of all ages and transgender persons domiciled in Telangana. Others buy a normal ticket.
→ For questions about bus tickets, call the TGSRTC call centre: 040-69440000 or 040-23450033.
Sources: 1, 7
This route does not apply to your situation
Under the order (G.O.Ms.No.2 of 27.02.2024), the ₹500 gas cylinder is only for white ration card (food security card) holders in Telangana.
→ If your family qualifies, apply for a food security card first.
Sources: 2
This route does not apply to your situation
Under the order (G.O.Ms.No.2 of 27.02.2024), the ₹500 cylinder needs a domestic gas connection in your own name that is in use.
→ First get a domestic gas connection in your own name. For that, see this guide:
→ Cooking gas (LPG) connection
Sources: 2
2Documents you need
Tick the ones you have. They are kept in this browser.
Details
Not confirmed: For the bus: an official district page (Wanaparthy) says an Aadhaar card is enough. We found no TGSRTC rule on which other identity cards count, or whether a photocopy or a copy on your phone will do; ask the TGSRTC call centre.
Sources: 5
Details
Sources: 2, 5
Details
Sources: 2, 5
Details
Not confirmed: The order says the subsidy goes to a bank account (DBT), but not which account, or whether it must be linked to Aadhaar. Only the district page asks for account details.
Sources: 5, 2
Nothing to get ready before these steps.
3Your steps
· Do them in order. Tick each one when it is done.
- Do this nowIf: Yes
Board a TGSRTC Palle Velugu or Express bus.
You can travel free from anywhere to anywhere within Telangana.
Not confirmed
The order names only Palle Velugu and Express buses. We saw no official document saying whether Hyderabad city buses (City Ordinary, Metro Express) are included, or which buses, such as AC buses, are not. Ask the conductor or the TGSRTC call centre (040-69440000, 040-23450033).
Sources: 1
- Do this nowIf: Yes
Show the conductor your Aadhaar card.
You pay no fare.
Not confirmed
The order also asked TGSRTC to bring in a "Maha Lakshmi smart card". We found no official notice of how or where to get one.
Sources: 1, 5
- Do this nowIf: Yes
On a bus going to another state, travel is free only up to the Telangana border.
Buy a ticket for the distance beyond it.
Sources: 1
- Do this nowIf: No
Go to the Praja Palana counter at your mandal's MPDO or Tahsildar office and ask to be registered for the Mahalakshmi gas cylinder.
Not confirmed
The 2024 order makes a Praja Palana application one of the conditions, and tells District Collectors to open counters for registration, checking and updating. In February 2024 the Chief Minister asked for counters at MPDO and Tahsildar offices for people who had not applied in Praja Palana. We could not confirm that these counters take new names now, which form they use, or where the counter is in a town: the Praja Palana and Civil Supplies websites did not open on 30 October 2026. Ask at the office first.
Sources: 2, 3, 5
- Do this nowIf: Yes
Book a refill with your gas agency as usual.
Sources: 2
- Do this nowIf: Yes
Pay the price the agency asks when the cylinder comes.
Under the order, the oil company then sends the subsidy straight to your bank account (DBT), so the cylinder costs you ₹500.
Not confirmed
The order calls this way of paying a trial, and asks the Civil Supplies and Finance departments to find a way to hand over the cylinder for ₹500 only. We found no later order on the government orders site; ask your gas agency how it works now.
Sources: 2, 4
- Do this nowIf: Yes
Check in your passbook or bank messages that the subsidy has come.
Subsidised cylinders are limited: as many as your household used, on average, over the last three years.
Sources: 2
If something goes wrong
If it is rejectedIf the conductor will not let you travel free, note the bus number, date and time.
If the conductor will not let you travel free, note the bus number, date and time. Call the TGSRTC call centre (040-69440000 or 040-23450033), or write on the "Feedback" form on the TGSRTC website.
TGSRTC call centre · Open the official page
Sources: 7, 1
If it is rejectedIf you are told your name is not on the list, have your application looked up at the Praja Palana Seva Kendram at the MPDO office, and check your ration card, Aadhaar and mobile numbers in it.
If you are told your name is not on the list, have your application looked up at the Praja Palana Seva Kendram at the MPDO office, and check your ration card, Aadhaar and mobile numbers in it. If you think it was wrongly refused, complain on Prajavani.
Prajavani (the government's grievance system) · Open the official page
Sources: 6, 5, 8, 9
If it is lateIf the subsidy does not reach your bank account, have your ration card, Aadhaar and mobile numbers corrected at the Praja Palana Seva Kendram.
If the subsidy does not reach your bank account, have your ration card, Aadhaar and mobile numbers corrected at the Praja Palana Seva Kendram. If it still does not come, complain on Prajavani.
Prajavani (the government's grievance system) · Open the official page
Sources: 2, 6, 8, 9
Official websites for this work
- Prajavani (Telangana) Complain to the state government
Related guides
The 9 official pages and papers this guide is written from
- G.O.Ms.No.47, 08.12.2023: Launch of "Maha Lakshmi Scheme" – free travel for girls and women of all age groups and transgender persons in the State run Palle Velugu and Express buses of TSRTC within Telangana State w.e.f. 09.12.2023 A.N.Transport, Roads & Buildings (Tr.II) Department, Government of Telangana (Telangana G.O.I.R.), Order, items i–iv (who, which buses, inter-state buses free up to the border, reimbursement to TSRTC) and paragraph 3 (Maha Lakshmi smart card). Found on goir.telangana.gov.in by department Transport, Roads and Building, type MS, year 2023 (08-12-2023) · read on 30-10-2026
- G.O.Ms.No.2, 27-02-2024: Guidelines / Modalities for implementation of Mahalaxmi Scheme for Supply of LPG Domestic Cylinder at Subsidized Rate of Rs.500/- per refill to the White Ration Card (Food Security Card) holdersConsumer Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies (CS.I.CCS) Department, Government of Telangana (Telangana G.O.I.R.), Order para 1 (Praja Palana applications 28.12.2023 to 06.01.2024); para 3: Eligibility criteria i–iii and the three-year average limit; Mode of payment 1–2 and the pilot note; Monitoring iii (counters for registration, verification and updating); administration through the Praja Palana portal. Found on goir.telangana.gov.in by department CA,F&CS, type MS, year 2024 (27-02-2024) · read on 30-10-2026
- State Government ready to implement two more Guarantees (press release on Gruha Jyothi and the Rs 500 cooking gas cylinder)Government of Telangana (Telangana State Portal, TG Digital Media), Paragraphs on the Rs 500 cylinder (all eligible Praja Palana applicants; paying Rs 500 only), Gruha Jyothi (white ration card, under 200 units a month for domestic use, zero bills), corrections at electricity bill collection and service centres, regular counters at MPDO and Tahsildar offices (22-02-2024) · read on 30-10-2026
- Hon'ble CM Sri A. Revanth Reddy participated in Telangana Praja Palana Dinotsavam 2026 celebrations at Public Gardens, HyderabadGovernment of Telangana (Telangana State Portal, TG Digital Media), Chief Minister's speech: free bus travel under Mahalakshmi, 200 units of free power under Gruha Jyothi, the Rs 500 cooking gas cylinder (all continuing) (17-09-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
- Maha Lakshmi Scheme (district scheme page, last updated 09/05/2025)Wanaparthy District Administration, Government of Telangana, Eligibility Criteria (free bus travel with a valid Aadhaar card); Documents Required; How To Apply (Praja Palana Seva Kendram at the MPDO office) (09-05-2025) · read on 30-10-2026
- Project: Abhaya Hastam, PrajapalanaCentre for Good Governance, Government of Telangana, Seva Kendras: corrections and updates for Maha Lakshmi and Gruha Jyothi (applicant search; updating mobile, ration card and Aadhaar numbers) · read on 30-10-2026
- TGSRTC: Contact UsTelangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), TGSRTC call centre 040-23450033 and 040-69440000; online.support@tgsrtcbus.in; Feedback form (tgsrtc.telangana.gov.in/feedback) · read on 30-10-2026
- Prajavani at Praja Bhavan, effective Grievance Redressal SystemCentre for Good Governance, Government of Telangana, Project brief; online submission; Prajavani at District Collectorates · read on 30-10-2026
- How to lodge a Grievance?Warangal District Administration, Government of Telangana, PRAJAVANI, an online grievance redressal system · read on 30-10-2026