LPG cylinder quota hike a misdirected subsidy: Rajan

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:32

Terming the increase in quota of subsidised LPG as "misdirected subsidies", RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said the move will end up benefiting people who can afford to pay market rates.

Poor should get free LPG cylinders, says Mulayam

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 18:54

Reacting to the Centre`s decision of raising the quota of subsidised LPG to 12 cylinders per year, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said the limit should be raised to 24 and poor should get it free.

Moily to launch sale of 5-kg gas cylinders in Delhi Tuesday

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 18:36

The scheme is now being launched in Delhi tomorrow, official sources said.

Subsidised LPG cylinder quota to be increased to 12 per year: Moily

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 18:16

Moily, who till last week had maintained that there was no proposal for raising the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders a household is entitled to in a year, said the decision will be announced after the Cabinet approves of it.

Decision to hike LPG cap likely to be taken soon

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 17:48

Increasing the limit to 12 would result in an additional fuel subsidy burden of Rs 3,300 crore-5,800 crore for the government.

OilMin considering raising subsidised LPG cap to 12

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 19:33

Under pressure from his party, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily Sunday said the government is considering increasing the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household even as hints were dropped of a one-time hike in diesel and LPG rates.

Govt to 'seriously consider' raising LPG cylinder quota: Moily

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:16

The government had initially capped the supply of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders to six per household in a year in September 2012.

'No proposal to increase number of subsidised LPG cylinders'

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 14:07

Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday said there was no proposal before the government to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinders from the present nine a year to 12.

Want to reconsider hike in non-subsidised LPG price: Ravi

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 17:32

Earlier on Wednesday, the price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was hiked by a steep Rs 220 per bottle Wednesday on firming international rates.

Price of non-subsidised LPG hiked by Rs 220 per cylinder

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 18:47

The 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder that consumers buy beyond their entitled nine bottles at subsidised rates, will now cost Rs 1,241, up from Rs 1,021 in Delhi.