Subsidised LPG Cylinders(Cooking Gas)Limit Raised to 12 per Year Thursday Jan 30,2014

The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs on Thursday Jan 30,2014 raised the subsidised LPG cylinder quota from 9 to 12 per year per household and also decided to put on hold the “game changer” direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG which linked payment of subsidy directly into the bank accounts of the consumers under the Aadhaar platform

Addressing a press conference after the meeting of the CCPA in New Delhi, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily said the hike in quota of cylinders would result in extra outgo of Rs. 5,000 crore in shape of additional subsidy annually

The scheme comes into effect from February 1, 2014 and entitles households to get one cylinder each, in addition to the quota of nine cylinders, in February and March of 2014.

 From April 2014 onwards, they will be entitled for 12 cylinders — one cylinder per month at subsidised rates