-The Times of India The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday rapped petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily for having violated the model code of conduct with his poll-eve announcement of plans to increase LPG subsidy cap from six to nine cylinders a year. Expressing its strong disapproval of the announcement made on Tuesday - adjudged by the poll watchdog as promise of a financial grant - the EC cautioned Moily to be...
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Six-cylinder annual LPG cap under review: Veerappa Moily
-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...
More »Cap on Subsidized LPG may go after persistent demands
-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...
More »Delhi govt approves 3 extra LPG cylinders to the poor
-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,...
More »Pro-reform push in Congress show of strength today
-The Times of India Congress will hold a massive rally on Sunday to defend its decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, in what will showcase government's new assertiveness on reforms and the backing extended by the Congress brass in the face of populist criticism that giant retailers will harm farmers' interests and pop and mom stores. The party has, especially its units in Delhi and neighbouring Haryana, have pulled out all...
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