-Press Information Bureau Preliminary Transcript of the Q&A portion of the Prime Minister's Press Conference at the National Media Centre, New Delhi Q: After the Assembly elections, much churning is going on in the UPA. Do you think the Congress should now announce its PM candidate? PM: The Congress President has already answered that question. We will announce our candidate for the Prime Ministership at the appropriate time. Q: On corruption issues which have...
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LPG distributors say scam in the making
-The Hindu New Delhi: Alleging that oil companies are a "law unto themselves" and that a "big scam" was in the making at the cost of countless consumers, the Federation of LPG distributors of India on Saturday decided to take to the streets with some members and threatened to go on a hunger strike until their demands were met. "The Marketing Discipline Guidelines are being used by the oil companies to arm-twist...
More »No Aadhar, no LPG subsidy-Jyotika Sood
-Down to Earth Gas cylinder subsidy will be transferred only to those consumers who get their Aadhar number linked to LPG consumer number, insists petroleum ministry in spite of Supreme Court order to the contrary In blatant violation of Supreme Court orders, the Union petroleum ministry continues with its stand on linking Aadhar numbers with LPG cylinder subsidy. The ministry and the three oil companies that supply gas cylinders to consumers have...
More »Price of Non-Subsidised LPG Hiked by Rs 220 a Cylinder
-Outlook The price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG), which customers buy after consuming their quota of subsidised cylinders, was hiked by a steep Rs 220 per bottle today on firming international rates. The 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder that consumers buy beyond their entitled nine bottles at subsidised rates, will now cost Rs 1,241, up from Rs 1,021 in Delhi, state-owned fuel retailers said. This is the third increase in non-subsidised LPG rates in...
More »Don't link Aadhar with LPG: CPI-M
-IANS They added that the price hike would be an intolerable burden on the people The CPI-M Thursday denounced as "totally unjustified" the hike in prices of unsubsidized gas cylinders and asked the government not to link LPG supply with Aadhar cards. The Communist Party of India-Marxist said the price hike of Rs.220 on every unsubsidized liquefied petroleum gas cylinder by oil companies "will be an intolerable burden on people". "Since there is a...
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