Page 2 - Lpg Subsidy

BS Number Wise: Education and the ability-to-pay principle in India

The fees Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) earned per student per annum, at Rs 7,375, was 99 times lower than the spending on academic, administrative, and other costs per student per annum in 2019-20

Centre allocates Rs 4,000 crore for Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG subsidy

Lower subsidy allocation for disbursing new connections to poor indicates saturation of new PMUY beneficiaries

Commercial LPG cylinders hiked by Rs 100; will cost Rs 2,101

The Centre continues to subsidise freight for domestic LPG deliveries in far-flung areas

Shifting of LPG subsidy burden helps Centre adhere to budgetary allocations

The subsidy will remain within budgeted levels even though the average international price of LPG from April to October 2021 is 52.49% higher than the full-year average of FY21

Negligible subsidy regime widens doors for pvt firms to expand domestic LPG

Reliance Gas, GoGas, and Aegis Gas could step up

How govt saved over Rs 20,000 cr by silently applying brakes on LPG subsidy

While there was no need for subsidy in the low-oil-price phase of 2020, LPG prices have zoomed in 2021. But the Centre has not transferred subsidy at any point this year

Dim days for Ujjwala: High global prices ring death knell for LPG scheme

Sector watchers say budgetary allocations for LPG subsidy may soon vanish, going the way of kerosene subsidy in the Budget 2021

With no subsidy, cooking fuel burns a hole in consumers' pocket

The subsidy on LPG was done away with and what remained was some freight subsidy, which comes to Rs 20-30 a cylinder

Centre's LPG subsidy bill likely to be lower next year, say experts

The steep fall in crude oil prices coupled with a gradual rise in the price of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders had brought relief to the Centre this year

Non-subsidised LPG cylinder price slashed by over Rs 160; check rates here

This is a third straight monthly reduction in the price of LPG cylinders and comes on the back of falling international rates

Shekhar Gupta: Modi and his politics of messaging

Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, and who he can address in kind. So, poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti. He couldn't care less

Low petrol prices, phased rise in LPG rate to bring down subsidy

Analysts say the subsidy burden on both LPG and kerosene is likely to be around Rs 35,000 crore

From loans to refills at doorsteps, Ujjwala scheme may get a facelift

This is among a slew of measures to be introduced by oil marketing companies to boost the number of refills under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

Oil ministry wants more funds to get Ujjwala scheme back on track

Currently, there are 24,127 LPG distributors in India.

How LPG improves rural women's health

How has the programme PMUY fared on this count?

Make cooking gas cheaper for poor, remove subsidy for rich: Study

By distributing 73 million connections (as on July 14, 2019), the Ujjwala scheme has met 91.25% of its target of 80 million connections to poor households by 2020

Govt mulling options to lower income cut-off level for LPG subsidy

The government's subsidy bill per cylinder has grown over the years

LPG subsidy flow stops after credits to Airtel accounts

Beneficiaries say unaware that sops were paid to payments bank accounts

Do you own a car? Be ready to start paying more for your cooking gas

The government had last year excluded those with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh from LPG subsidy

No plan to withdraw LPG subsidy for poor: Dharmendra Pradhan

He said LPG and kerosene subsidy will continue for common people