-The Indian Express The government may consider “minor adjustments” on the LPG cylinder cap in the wake of pressure from within the Congress and Trinamool Congress's decision to withdraw support to the UPA. Sources said while there is no question of rollback of the government's decision to put a cap on the number of subsidized cylinders, the government was ready for minor adjustments on it and can increase the total number of...
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Government likely to raise LPG cap from six to 10 cylinders: sources
-CNN-IBN The Centre is considering a partial rollback of the cap on subsidised LPG. It is considering raising the limit on the number of subsidised LPG Cylinders from six to ten cylinders per household per year, say sources. A section of the Congress and its allies - the Trinamool Congress, NCP and DMK have been demanding a rollback of the cap on LPG Cylinders. Sources say Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Petroleum Minister...
More »Absence of proper mechanism may hit gas cylinder delivery, say distributors -Richa Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Threaten to stop deliveries if system not in place by month-end The Government may have to take some quick decisions if it wants smooth delivery of domestic LPG Cylinders. The All India LPG Distributors’ Federation today said that if the Government and the oil marketing companies fail to come up with a proper enforcement mechanism by the month-end, then effective October 1, the distributors would be left with no...
More »Goa Govt Announces Subsidy on Domestic LPG Cylinders
-Outlook The Goa government today announced a subsidy on domestic LPG Cylinders for people blow an annual average income of Rs 3 lakh. The state civil supplies minister Dayanand Mandrekar told PTI that families below an annual average income of Rs 3 lakh will get additional six LPG Cylinders per year on subsidised rates. He said that 12 LPG Cylinders, including six subsidised by the union government would be made available for these...
More »Food Minister KV Thomas writes to PM against LPG cap, diesel price hike
-CNN-IBN Food Minister KV Thomas has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against LPG cap and diesel price hike. “The decision to raise diesel price as well as to keep number of subsidised cooking cylinder at six a year will not go well with the middle class,” he said in the letter. He said the government should charge only Rs 50 extra for consumers seeking between 7 to 12 LPG Cylinders per household...
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