Page 2 - Lpg Subsidy

Oil ministry wants more funds to get Ujjwala scheme back on track

Currently, there are 24,127 LPG distributors in India.

How LPG improves rural women's health

How has the programme PMUY fared on this count?

Make cooking gas cheaper for poor, remove subsidy for rich: Study

By distributing 73 million connections (as on July 14, 2019), the Ujjwala scheme has met 91.25% of its target of 80 million connections to poor households by 2020

Govt mulling options to lower income cut-off level for LPG subsidy

The government's subsidy bill per cylinder has grown over the years

LPG subsidy flow stops after credits to Airtel accounts

Beneficiaries say unaware that sops were paid to payments bank accounts

Do you own a car? Be ready to start paying more for your cooking gas

The government had last year excluded those with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh from LPG subsidy

No plan to withdraw LPG subsidy for poor: Dharmendra Pradhan

He said LPG and kerosene subsidy will continue for common people

LPG subsidy: Congress workers protest, stage mock funeral of cylinders

The workers took out a mock funeral procession symbolising death of gas cylinders

How withdrawal of LPG subsidy can raise India's healthcare costs

LPG subsidy was in many ways an investment into public health; now that will be withdrawn

LPG price increase: Govt aims to save Rs 6,500 cr on subsidy this year

The government's latest decision to raise cooking fuel prices and to do so at regular intervals is part of a plan to restrict the subsidy on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene to Below Poverty Line families. The three government-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been asked to raise domestic LPG prices by Rs 4 a cylinder every month. Earlier, from July1, 2016, the government had allowed them to increase the price by Rs 2 a month. The move is likely to save the government at least Rs 6,500 crore on the petroleum subsidy in this financial year. The monthly increase of about 50p a litre on kerosene is expected to save another Rs 3,000 crore. The government had estimated an LPG subsidy of Rs 15,800 crore in 2017-18. According to the ministry of petroleum, the cash transfer of subsidy to customers under Direct Benefits Transfer will be Rs 44.23 a cylinder, of which Rs 29.02 will be compensated by the government and Rs 15.21 by the OMCs. Subsidised LPG in Delhi was Rs 477.46 .

Withdrawing LPG subsidy will hurt ordinary people: CPI

CPI State Secretary R Mutharasan said this move would increase burden of expenditure for people

LPG subsidy: Income Tax dept to inform Oil Ministry on taxpayers earning over Rs 10 lakh

I-T department will soon sign a MoU with the Ministry in order to confidentially and safely begin this transfer of personal data

Kerosene and LPG price hikes: A small step but a big leap forward

Increase in kerosene prices is likely to save Rs 2,000 cr for the govt in subsidy during the current financial year, while the savings on LPG subsidy may be just about Rs 25 cr

Subsidised LPG price hiked by Rs. 1.93 per cylinder

The last price-hike of LPG cylinder was on July 1 when government raised price by Rs 1.98 per cylinder

PM Modi to launch Rs 8,000 crore scheme for free LPG connections to poor

The scheme will be launched using the money saved from 1.13 crore cooking gas users voluntarily giving up their subsidies

GiveItUp users can reclaim LPG subsidy after a year

11.3 million users surrender subsidy helping the govt allot 6 million new connections for the poor

10 mn give up LPG subsidy, says govt

Oil companies save Rs 5,178 crore

Letters: An unfair move

With reference to the report by Jyoti Mukul and Sudheer Pal Singh, "Govt mines tax data to prune LPG subsidy list" (March 22), the move to enforce the surrender of LPG subsidy availed of by the affluent class should be condemned. After requesting citizens to voluntarily give up the subsidy, the government is planning to compulsorily exclude all those households where the combined annual income in the last year was above Rs 10 lakh.Before taking this step the government should clarify whether all politicians, including members of legislative Assemblies and Parliament, have given up their subsidy or would so. Even if they have surrendered their subsidies, it doesn't matter because the cost of fuel would still be borne by the exchequer.I was ready to give up my subsidy if the government or the oil company concerned could guarantee that the refills would be delivered on demand. It is annoying to wait for refills after the LPG cylinders have been booked. If the subsidy is given up, the cos

Letters: A question of equality

With reference to the report, "Govt mines tax data to prune LPG subsidy list", the move to monitor people with annual taxable incomes of over Rs 10 lakh, who have not given up their cooking gas subsidy shows the government's seriousness about the issue. The government had earlier decided that LPG subsidy would not be available for those whose taxable incomes are above the Rs 10 lakh limit.The data cited in the report states that there are 163.5 million LPG consumers in the country of whom 147.8 million are getting the subsidy transferred directly into their bank accounts. The petroleum minister seems so obsessed with his "wish list" that he questions the two million individuals earning over Rs 10 lakh a year who are receiving the subsidy when nine million have already surrendered theirs. But has he thought about his own colleagues, who continue to enjoy a plethora of tax-free subsidies?The question is: Why are some people (read politicians) more equal than others in the country? Is Pra

Govt mines tax data to prune LPG subsidy list

Petroleum ministry went through the list of consumers in affluent areas to find only 3% earning over Rs 10 lakh/year had surrendered their cooking gas subsidy