Akhilesh requests PM Modi to increase kerosene quota in UP

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Oct 25 2016 | 8:23 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today requested Prime minister Narendra Modi to increase kerosene quota in the state.
In a letter to the PM, Akhilesh said that quarterly state quota of kerosene has been decreased in the past three quarters due to which there is resentment among the people.
"It should be increased to 600936 KL to meet the state's demand," he said.
The Chief Minister said that in a letter directed to the PM and the Petroleum minister in April and June, state minister Kamal Akhtar had requested for the same but no decision in this regard has been taken so far.
"There are four crore ration card holders in the state and they used to get kerosene through Public Distribution System (PDS) with estimate of 5 litre per head/month, state needed two lakh KL kerosene," he said.
"Keeping in mind the demand of the state, the centre had cut state allocation of kerosene by 1.67 KL till now," he said requesting the PM to increase the quota.

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First Published: Oct 25 2016 | 8:23 PM IST

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