Lpg Subsidies

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Govt extends subsidy on LPG for Ujjwala beneficiaries upto 12 refills

The average LPG consumption of PMUY consumers has increased by 29% from 3.01 refills in 2019-20 to 3.87 refills (till January 2024) prorated for 2023-24

North East LPG cylinder carriers of Indian Oil Corp go on indefinite strike

LPG cylinder transporters of Indian Oil Corporation on Wednesday went on an indefinite strike for the second time in less than two months, alleging pending dues and low rates in recently floated tenders. An IOC official, however, termed the strike as illegal. The decision to go for the shutdown was taken after a meeting called by the Food, Public Distribution & Consumer Affairs Department of Assam between IOC and the North East Packed LPG Transporter Association (NEPLTA) failed to yield any solution to the prolonged stalemate. "The government called us yesterday to talk about our demands. We reiterated our old issues, mostly related to pending dues and low rates in the tenders. However, the IOC was reluctant to talk about those," NEPLTA chief adviser Kumud Nath told PTI. The association had also written to the chief secretary on January 5, flagging the same issues and urged him to take necessary steps, he said. "The government had called yesterday's meeting, accordingly, to find .

Ujjwala beneficiaries to get LPG cylinders at Rs 450 from Jan 1: Raj CM

Fulfilling the BJP's poll promise, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Wednesday announced that the state government will provide LPG cylinders at Rs 450 to the beneficiaries of Ujjwala scheme from January 1. Currently, the Ujjwala beneficiaries are getting the domestic gas cylinders at Rs 500 in the state. The chief minister made the announcement in a public programme in Tonk. Later, in a post on X, Sharma said, "Taking inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's all-inclusive mantra of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas', Rajasthan Government, dedicated to good governance, has made a historic decision to provide gas cylinder at Rs 450 to every BPL and Ujjwala scheme beneficiary family of the state," "Modi ji's guarantee means the guarantee that will be fulfilled," he said. Earlier, Sharma addressed the programme in Tonk and said that the cylinder will be given at Rs 450 and the subsidy will be borne by the state government. The amount will be .

Rajasthan polls: Cong promises LPG cylinder at Rs 500 to 10.5 mn families

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday announced two "guarantees" if his Congress party is re-elected in the state -- cooking gas cylinder at Rs 500 to 1.05 crore families and an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to the woman head of a family. Addressing a party rally in Jhunjhunu, Gehlot said that under the "Grah Laxmi Guarantee", the woman head of a family will be given Rs 10,000 a year in instalments. He also promised that 1.05 crore families will get LPG cylinder at Rs 500 when the Congress government is formed again in the state. Voting for the 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan will be held on November 25 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3.

After domestic LPG price reduction, commercial LPG prices cut by Rs 158

In a major relief to LPG consumers, Public sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have slashed the price of 19 KG commercial LPG gas cylinders by Rs 158

Around 1,400,000 families in Rajasthan to get Rs 640 LPG subsidy today

Gehlot made the announcement on Sunday when he was on a seven-hour visit to Jodhpur for the inauguration of developmental works worth over Rs 1000 crore

After inviting Oppn wrath, Goa govt says free LPG only for the poor

The BJP government in Goa is under attack from the opposition and has also invited the public's wrath for not fulfilling its poll promise of '3 free LPG cylinders'

Domestic gas cylinder prices up by 56% in 4 years; hefty drop in subsidy

The retail selling price (RSP) of a domestic LPG cylinder (14.2 Kg) on April 1, 2019 was Rs 706.50 which increased to Rs 744 in 2020, Rs 809 in 2021 and Rs 949.50 in 2022

LPG subsidy limited, Rs 200 dole for Ujjwala beneficiaries: Official

"There was no subsidy for LPG users since the early days of Covid. Since then the only subsidy is one which had been introduced now for Ujjwala beneficiaries," Oil Secretary Pankaj Jain said.

Centre's FY22 fiscal deficit at 6.7% vs revised estimates of 6.9%

April saw revenue surplus of Rs 591 crore

LPG price hike: Oppn attacks govt, calls for immediate withdrawal

Parties called it cruel and anti-welfare, saying that it would adversely affect the common man

Plugging LPG subsidy leaks led to Rs 21,000 crore savings: Pradhan

He adds that as many as 3.3 crore fake, ghost and duplicate LPG connections have been blocked

Letters: On the right path

A K Bhattacharya, in his article, "Towards a new cooking gas regime" (May 11), has not only appreciated the direct benefits transfer of LPG subsidies of the Narendra Modi government for saving more than Rs 27,000 crore and reducing corruption through fake LPG connections, but he has also suggested three sound measures that can be implemented in the next phase of cooking gas reform.The suggested measures are: (i) cooking gas subsidies be abolished as soon as possible and that they not be based on income but on physical assets of consumers; (ii) the principle of the direct benefits transfer scheme be extended to all modes of cooking gas supplies, including the connections issued to poor families in the next three years and; (iii) that Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan put into place a plan to strengthen the city gas distribution system across the country through piped cooking gas connections, except for a few small cities and rural areas.If these suggesti