Tag: LPG subsidy

Government likely to cut oil subsidy budget by half in FY22

A major saving on the subsidy is expected to come from reduced government support for domestic LPG cylinders.

December 26, 2020

BPCL’s LPG customers will continue to get subsidy post-privatisation: Oil minister

BPCL also owns 17,355 petrol pumps, 6,159 LPG distributor agencies and 61 out of 256 aviation fuel stations in the country.

November 27, 2020

Oppn up in arms against govt’s bid to phase out LPG subsidy

Upset over the Narendra Modi government's decision to hike the prices of domestic cooking gas (LPG) by Rs.4 per cylinder every month till next March or the elimination of all subsidies, a combined Opposition on Tuesday created uproar in both Houses of Parliament, seeking a rollback of the decision. Protesting against this Modi government's move, …

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August 2, 2017

Cong targets PM, ministers on saving in LGP subsidy

Congress on Tuesday latched on to a CAG report to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers, accusing them of "blatantly lying" on the issue of saving in LPG subsidy. Party spokesman Jairam Ramesh told reporters that the CAG report submitted last week has showed that the saving in LPG subsidy due to …

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August 16, 2016