PM.Modi’s gift for Rakshabandhan- LPG cylinder prices slashed by ₹200
PM.Modi’s gift for Rakshabandhan- LPG cylinder prices slashed by ₹200
With the festival season having begun, Mumbaikar’s much anticipated reduction for the cooking has brought relief with PM Modi’s reducing the price of LPG Cooking Gas of 14.2 kg by ₹200 as a gift for the women ahead of Raksha Bandhan. The move comes as the Centre faces increasing criticism over rising inflation.
Notedly, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced this as PM’s gift to the country’s Women on
the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan and Onam.
The reduction in price also applies to beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
At present, a 14.2kg LPG (liquified petroelum gas) cylinder in the national capital costs ₹1,103. Effective Wednesday, the price will come down to ₹903.
For beneficiaries of the PM’s Ujjwala scheme, the price will be ₹703. In March, government had extended a ₹200 per LPG cylinder subsidy under the PM Ujjwala scheme.
Thakur also announced that the government will also provide
75 lakh new LPG connections for free under the Ujjwala scheme. At present, there are 9.6 crore beneficiaries of the scheme.
In July, oil marketing companies had hiked the price of domestic LPG cylinders by ₹50, following two increases in May.
Last year in May, the subsidy for PMUY beneficiaries was introduced as the government had announced a series of relief measures in the midst of surging global energy prices.
News Edit K.V.Raman
