Steps
Only if
Is the traveller a girl, a woman or a transgender person domiciled in Telangana? Yes
1.
Board a TGSRTC Palle Velugu or Express bus. You can travel free from anywhere to anywhere within Telangana.
✋ You do this yourself
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).
2.
Show the conductor your Aadhaar card and take the ticket you are given. You pay no fare.
✋ You do this yourself
📎 Aadhaar card
💰 Fee: Free · Free
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.
3.
On a bus going to another state, travel is free only up to the Telangana border. Buy a ticket for the distance beyond it.
Only if
Did you apply for the gas cylinder in Praja Palana (28 December 2023 to 6 January 2024)? No
4.
Go to the Praja Palana counter at your mandal's MPDO or Tahsildar office and ask to be registered for the Mahalakshmi gas cylinder.
🏛️ MPDO or Tahsildar office (Praja Palana counter)
📎 White ration card (food security card), Aadhaar card, Gas connection receipt or book (in your name), Bank account details (account number and IFSC)
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.
Only if
Does your family have a white ration card (food security card)? And do you have a domestic gas (LPG) connection in your own name that is in use? Yes, both
5.
Book a refill with your gas agency as usual.
6.
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.
✋ You do this yourself
💰 Fee: ₹500 · You pay the agency's price first; the subsidy reaches your bank account later.
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.
7.
Check in your passbook or bank messages that the subsidy has come. Subsidised cylinders are limited: as many as your household used in a year, on average, over the last three years.
You cannot get this
The Mahalakshmi orders (G.O.Ms.No.47 of 2023 for bus travel, G.O.Ms.No.2 of 2024 for the gas cylinder) say nothing about Indian citizens living abroad. The bus order is for those domiciled in Telangana, the gas order for white ration card holders in Telangana. Ask the TGSRTC call centre (040-69440000) about the bus, and your MPDO or Tahsildar office about the gas cylinder, whether it applies to you.
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this scheme applies to Indian citizens living abroad; only that office can tell you.
You cannot get this
The Mahalakshmi orders (G.O.Ms.No.47 of 2023 for bus travel, G.O.Ms.No.2 of 2024 for the gas cylinder) say nothing about OCI cardholders. Under the Ministry of Home Affairs notification S.O. 1050(E) of 4 March 2021, an OCI cardholder is a foreign national, not an Indian citizen, and in economic, financial and educational fields the notification does not name has the same rights as a foreigner. The bus order is for those domiciled in Telangana, the gas order for white ration card holders in Telangana. Ask the TGSRTC call centre (040-69440000) about the bus, and your MPDO or Tahsildar office about the gas cylinder, whether it applies to you.
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this scheme applies to OCI cardholders; only that office can tell you.
You cannot get this
The Mahalakshmi orders (G.O.Ms.No.47 of 2023 for bus travel, G.O.Ms.No.2 of 2024 for the gas cylinder) say nothing about foreign nationals. The bus order is for those domiciled in Telangana, the gas order for white ration card holders in Telangana. Ask the TGSRTC call centre (040-69440000) about the bus, and your MPDO or Tahsildar office about the gas cylinder, whether it applies to you.
Not confirmed: We found no official rule that says whether this scheme applies to foreign nationals; only that office can tell you.
You cannot get this
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.
You cannot get this
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.
Not confirmed: No order we read says whether families who got a ration card after Praja Palana can join; ask at the MPDO or Tahsildar office.
You cannot get this
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.