It's Centre vs state over LPG scheme in Congress-ruled Karnataka

Rebuffing petroleum ministry, Siddaramaiah launches PMUY-like scheme months before state polls

The Centre and the Congress-ruled Karnataka are engaged in a tussle over free cooking gas connections to the poor, with the state recently launching a scheme similar to the Narendra Modi government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
 
The Siddaramaiah-led government’s move to introduce the Mukhyamantri Anila Bhagya Yojana (MMAY) comes months before the state is scheduled to go to the polls.
 
According to sources close to the development, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has written four letters to the state government in the past two months, seeking clarifications and asking for a joint scheme, which