The saffron party also promised that Kisan Saman Nidhi would be raised to Rs 12,000 per annum and LPG cylinders to deserving Ujjawala beneficiaries would be provided at Rs 450.
The Oil marketing Companies on Wednesday increased the prices of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 101.5 which are effective from November 1 itself.
Taking a cue from the six poll guarantees of the Congress, the BRS supremo, K Chandrasekhar Rao, also promised enhanced welfare pensions, LPG cylinders at Rs 400 as well as Rs 3,000 to eligible women every month in the party manifesto for the upcoming assembly election in the state.
Free distribution of gas cylinders during Holi and Diwali was one of the key poll promises, the BJP had made in the recently concluded UP elections.
Rescue operation is continuing and further information was awaited.
With the new hike, the price has risen to Rs 593.00 in Delhi, Rs 616.00 in Kolkata, Rs 590.50 in Mumbai and Rs 606.50 in Chennai.
With effect from January 1, the non-subsidised LPG rates were revised to Rs 714 per cylinder in Delhi and Rs 684.50 per cylinder in Mumbai.
The research, published in the journal Nature Energy, suggests that while the PMUY has increased adoption of LPG among rural, poor populations, getting people to use LPG regularly is however a far more difficult task.
50,990 subsidised gas connections under PMUY are provided in Gajapati district, 2,39, 683 in Ganjam and 81,979 in Rayagada, said Patro.
The dispatch of around 30,000 LPG cylinders from the Indian Oil's bottling plant at the city's outskirts was affected on…
