-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...
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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 »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 »Tax soft drinks more, save lakhs from diabetes -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: India could prevent an estimated 400,000 people from becoming patients of diabetes over the next decade if the government imposes a 20 per cent extra tax on sweetened beverages, a new study has suggested. The study by researchers at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, and academic institutions in the US and the UK has also indicated that such a tax on soft drinks might...
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