-The Economic Times Congress is hoping to reap political dividends from its move to provide direct cash transfer to the beneficiaries of welfare schemes just as it believes it did in the previous elections from the rural employment guarantee scheme. Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, who, along with finance minister P Chidambaram, was deputed by the party to explain the details of the ambitious scheme on Tuesday, termed the initiative "a...

-The Times of India The government is looking into demands for raising the six-cylinder annual cap on supply of subsidized cooking gas refills to each family, oil minister M Veerappa Moily told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday. Separately, minister of state for petroleum Panabaaka Lakshmi told the House that state-run fuel retailers have issued more than 10 lakh new cooking gas connections since the government capped the supply...

-The Times of India The government may raise the annual cap of six cylinders on subsidized cooking gas after the petroleum minister faced persistent demands from Congress leaders at the party conclave in Surajkund on Friday. The limit on subsidized LPG Cylinders could go up to nine cylinders, and to 12 closer to elections. While Congress had in September expressed discomfiture with the decision to put a limit on subsidized cylinders, it...

-The Telegraph An outcry against the LPG policy at the day-long Surajkund Congress conclave today forced Veerappa Moily to assure the party of some relaxation on the cap of six subsidised cylinders. As most speakers disagreed with the cap and stressed that it could impact the party’s poll fortunes, the petroleum minister said: “We are already examining the matter. I will consult the Prime Minister and the finance minister and see how...

-The Times of India The Delhi government on Wednesday approved the proposal to supply three additional subsidized LPG Cylinders annually to about 3.56 lakh poor families under the kerosene-free Delhi scheme. The Centre had decided in September that each household will get six cylinders of 14.2kg per annum at subsidized rates, and any purchase beyond that would be at the market rate. The market rate of an LPG cylinder is Rs 895.5,...