Last Updated: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 15:37
Lakshmi said use of commercial LPG cylinders increased by 16 percent due to reduction in diversion of domestic gas.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 10:46
The subsidy on LPG cylinders in the districts would be provided directly to consumers in their Aadhar linked bank accounts. Over 67 lakh LPG Consumers in these districts will benefit from the scheme.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 15:39
The scheme was to be rolled out in 20 districts initially but the launch in Mysore in Karnataka and Mandi in Himachal Pradesh has been put off by a month due to assembly and Parliamentary bypolls, official sources said.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 11:44
The government plans to provide subsidy to 14 crore LPG subscribers directly in their bank accounts from October 1, using the Aadhaar payment platform.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 22:26
The Centre has extended the deadline for linkage of LPG subsidy with Aadhar cards till April 15 in Andhra Pradesh.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 19:20
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said people need not panic as February 15 is not the deadline for Aadhaar-linked LPG subsidy.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 17:59
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed his gratitude to the Centre for increasing the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders from six to nine from next fiscal.
Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 21:48
In a nationwide exercise to weed out multiple or ghost connections, the government had previously set November 15 as the deadline for customers to submit their duly filed KYC forms with their distributors.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 18:35
Ruling UPA`s key ally in Tamil Nadu, DMK, joined Congress leaders in demanding that the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders be raised to 12 per annum, it was required to avoid facing the wrath of people.
Last Updated: Monday, September 17, 2012, 13:40
According to reports, Monday, the government is mulling the option of increasing the number of LPG cylinders to be made available at subsidised rates from the current six cylinders to 10 per year.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 15:55
The government is close to taking a decision on capping the number of subsidised LPG cylinders to econonomically not weaker sections to bring down the subsidies by up to Rs 10,000 crore annually.
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