-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...
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'Rs 2,000 Cr Given As LPG Subsidy Under DBT Till Dec'
-Outlook The government has transferred Rs 2,000 crore into 6.6 crore accounts as LPG Subsidy till December 2013 under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. "The Direct benefit transfers under LPG have crossed a sum of Rs 2,000 crore till December 2013. More than six crore consumers are now availing DBT for LPG in 184 districts across the country," said a UPA government report card released today by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The...
More »Activists say Subsidy waste of public money
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Opposition parties and activists who have been campaigning against private discoms and tariff hikes slammed the government's decision to increase the Subsidy on power consumption on Tuesday. While BJP criticized the move, Congress said it is analyzing the implications of the Subsidy announcement. BJP said money meant for welfare schemes would be spent on the increased Subsidy. "He is giving Subsidy to people at the cost...
More »CM Arvind Kejriwal keeps another promise, cuts power bills 50% by raising Subsidy -Richi Verma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Moving at a feverish pitch to fulfill the second most important of his poll promises, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal gave 80% of the capital's electricity consumers cause to ring in the new year with much cheer. They will be paying half of what they had to pay so far with the tariff for consumption up to 400 units a month slashed by 50%, thanks to...
More »AAP delivers on water promise, but bills to rise for big consumers -Neha Lalchandani
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday kept its promise of free water - 20 kilolitres per month or an average of about 660 litres a day per family - but it came with a rider and a whammy for bigger water consumers. The rider is that if consumption exceeds 20 kl, you would be billed for the entire water consumed, and the whammy was that...
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