-The Economic Times The government's decision to cap supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders to six a year would be difficult to implement and encourage black marketing, oil industry officials said. There could be an opportunity to divert cheaper cylinders from customers whose yearly consumption is less than six refills, industry officials said. According to the oil ministry 44% of consumers take six cylinders or less in a year. All India LPG Distributors...
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Nine subsidised cylinders for BPL a year
-The Hindu Financial burden has to be assessed before scheme is extended to higher income groups: Chandy Consequent on the Congress party’s core committee recommendation to raise the number of subsidised LPG cylinders from six to nine a year, the Kerala government on Wednesday announced that the additional three subsidised cylinders would be targeted at the BPL (below the poverty line) category on the basis of the consumption pattern in 2011-12. Addressing a...
More »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...
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