-Outlook The government has extended by 15 days the deadline for filling the Know Your Customer (KYC) form by LPG consumers to November 15. In a nationwide exercise to weed out multiple or ghost connections, the state-owned oil firms had previously asked their domestic cooking gas (LPG) distributors to collect and verify duly filled KYC forms from the consumers by October 31. "We have now decided to extend the deadline by 15 days...
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Two kitchens can get you two LPG connections -Piyush Pandey
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Family matters. If you are married and stay with your parents or siblings, you can double the quota of subsidized cooking gas cylinders to 12 from the government notified cap of 6 in a year. All you have to do is show a separate cooking platform or kitchen to avail of a second liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connection. This should come as a big respite for those...
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-The Hindu Government, oil companies to work out modalities THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to provide subsidy for up to nine cylinders of cooking gas (LPG) a year to all domestic consumers. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media here after the weekly Cabinet meeting that the Centre was providing subsidy for six cylinders per household. The State government had earlier decided to extend the subsidy for nine cylinders to people living...
More »By July, cash transfers for cooking gas -Siddharth
-The Times of India Come July and you will have cash equivalent to your cooking gas subsidy in your bank account, marking the biggest shift in delivery of handouts which could help government curb leakages and reduce the strain on public finances. The switch is part of the ambitious three-phase deadline set by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make the "kind-to-cash" transition based on the Aadhaar numbers. At a meeting chaired by Pulok...
More »Capped: subsidised theft of cooking gas -Sambit Saha
-The Telegraph Calcutta: Demand for commercial gas has risen sharply in Bengal, prompting suggestions that the subsidy cap on domestic cylinders has unmasked one of the worst-kept secrets in the country. The sudden spurt is being attributed to demand from commercial establishments and auto-rickshaws that were so far depending heavily on the subsidised cooking gas rampantly pilfered from the domestic segment. “We have been selling 6,000 (commercial) cylinders a day (to establishments) after...
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