Union Cabinet approves Rs 200 cut in LPG cylinders

 NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a reduction in the price of LPG gas cylinders by Rs 200 for all connection holders.

In addition to this, the Cabinet also cleared the proposal to give 75 lakh new LPG cylinder connections under the Ujjwala scheme, thus taking the total beneficiaries to more than 10 crore across the country, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told mediapersons after the Cabinet briefing.

As of now, the price of domestic LPG, which is used in the kitchen for cooking purposes, is Rs 1,103 per 14.2-kg cylinder in New Delhi. This will now come down by Rs. 200 per cylinder.

Domestic LPG cylinder prices were last revised on March 1, when they were hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder.

The decision comes with Assembly elections scheduled in four states in December and Lok Sabha polls to be held next year.

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been reporting heavy under recoveries due to a lack of hikes in the prices of domestic cooking gas.

Under the Ujjwala scheme, the government provided free LPG connections to women beneficiaries in rural households.

The beneficiaries already get a Rs 200 subsidy, and now there will be a further Rs 200 cut for all domestic LPG connection holders, Thakur said.

He further informed me that the new connections are being given to those beneficiaries who have been added owing to the marriage of girls and the issuance of new ration cards.

The Prime Minister said that the reduction in prices of cooking gas cylinders by Rs 200 for all connection holders will give a lot of convenience to all "my sisters and family members on the occasion of Rakshabandhan."

Modi said that he wishes that all his sisters remain happy and healthy.

His comment came after the union cabinet announced a reduction in the price of cooking gas LPG cylinders by Rs 200 for all connection holders.

The cabinet also announced 75 lakh new connections under the Ujjwala scheme. (IANS)

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