-The Times of India HYDERABAD: The Centre has finally made clear how the direct cash transfer of LPG subsidy would take place in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Anantapur, Chittoor and East Godavari districts from June 1. Consumers, who have already linked their Aadhaar number to their bank account and LPG consumer number, will receive their LPG subsidy directly into their Aadhaar-linked bank account within 3-4 days of booking the cylinder. The consumer will then...
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Food bill needs to be strengthened: Amartya Sen
-Pratirodh.com Speaking to an enthralled audience of 1,500 students and faculty at IIT (Delhi) , Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that the idea of the National Food Security Bill was “a matter of appreciation and support”, and that the tabling of the Bill in Parliament was in itself a big achievement. However, he also drew attention to various shortcomings of the Bill and argued for it to be strengthened, particularly in...
More »LPG cylinders to cost more in Uttarakhand-Shishir Prashant
-The Business Standard CM has withdran 5% VAT relief on subsidized, non-subsidized cooking gas After the centre’s decision to hike fuel prices through decontrol mechanism, it is virtually double jeopardy for the people in Uttarakhand with the state government withdrawing Value Added Tax (VAT) relief on the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders. In the latest decision, chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, who is heading Congress-led coalition government in the hill state, withdrew 5% VAT...
More »LPG relief for midday meal kitchens, canteens -Sanjay Dutta
-The Times of India It appears to be one step forward and two steps back for the government in so far as pruning of fuel subsidy bill is concerned. The latest example is the oil ministry's order asking state-run fuel retailers to supply cooking gas cylinders at subsidized rate to non-domestic consumers such as canteens, medical institutions and mid-day meal kitchens. The order on cooking gas, issued on Tuesday, comes close on...
More »A committee to ‘administer’ a ‘market price’ for gas-Sunjoy Joshi
-The Hindu In his article in The Hindu (editorial page, “Making a mockery of domestic gas pricing,” January 18, 2013, Surya P. Sethi attacks the gas pricing formula proposed by the Rangarajan Committee, curiously enough, for being based on numbers from foreign markets that do not reflect the supply, demand or cost of production in India. I say “curiously” because on the exact opposite side, domestic producers are also pillorying the committee’s...
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