Subsidised Cooking Gas

FM abolishes import, excise duties on non-subsidised LPG cylinders

In marginal relief to consumers, the government today abolished import and excise duties on LPG cylinders they buy beyond the 6 per annum quota of subsidised cooking gas.

Rich people will continue to get subsidised LPG cylinders: Pradhan

Public sector oil marketing companies have given an option to existing LPG consumers to surrender their subsidy and switch to buying cooking gas at market price, Pradhan said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Ahead of winter, Kashmir faces acute LPG cylinder shortage

There is an acute shortage of LPG cylinders in Jammu and Kashmir after the new rules pertaining to LPG cylinders have kicked in, brewing trouble during the long winter season ahead.