Now, No Monthly Limit on Subsidised LPG Cylinders
The Cabinet on Wednesday lifted the monthly cap on subsidised LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinders, but retained the overall annual limit at 12 cylinders.
"LPG consumers to get 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg at subsidised rate in a year even if they don't consume one bottle a month," Telecom and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
The government had raised the annual cap on supply of cheaper LPG from nine to 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each on January 30 and the Oil Ministry on February 28 imposed a restriction that ordinarily one cylinder be given to each beneficiary every month.
"The Cabinet today came to a conclusion that this system is causing problem to the people. Sometimes people do not need one, sometimes during festive season demand is more. So there
was a feeling that if someone has not taken one cylinder on a given month, then in remaining months he won't get it," Mr Prasad said.
The subsidized rate for LPG cylinders in Delhi is Rs 414 each and beyond the annual cap of 12 cylinders consumers have to pay the market rate of Rs 920 per 14.2-kg cylinder.
(With PTI inputs)
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