Free Gas Connections
Should India regulate freebies?
PM Modi recently slammed the 'culture' of distributing freebies - triggering a nationwide debate around it. Parties riding to power on the promise of freebies are not new. We wade into this debate
 "Should India regulate freebies?")
Govt gave 8 mm free cooking gas connections in 2021-22: Ministry
The oil ministry also said that framework for across counter sale of non-subsidised LPG connections and portability of domestic LPG connections among oil marketing companies has improved
 "Govt gave 8 mm free cooking gas connections in 2021-22: Ministry")
Dim days for Ujjwala: High global prices ring death knell for LPG scheme
Sector watchers say budgetary allocations for LPG subsidy may soon vanish, going the way of kerosene subsidy in the Budget 2021
 "Dim days for Ujjwala: High global prices ring death knell for LPG scheme")
India's interventionist state: Reduce its scope, increase capability
Govt is increasingly keen to deliver even specific items like toilets, water, gas cylinders, where it can show the beneficiary immediate results. This new welfarism helps win polls but not development
 "India's interventionist state: Reduce its scope, increase capability")
PM's plan for free gas connections failing as govt had been warned it would
A study commissioned in 2015 said that for the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to succeed, the price of gas cylinders would have to be reduced
 "PM's plan for free gas connections failing as govt had been warned it would")
