Oil and Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Parliament
on Monday April 25,2016 that his Ministry is “excluding” people earning more than
Rs.10 lakh a year from LPG subsidies.
“The
government has decided to rationalise the subsidy outgo by excluding
such LPG consumers from the purview of subsidy, whose or whose spouse
have taxable income of Rs.10 lakh above during the previous financial
year computed as per the Income Tax Act, 1961 with effect from January
1, 2016,” Oil and Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed Parliament in a written reply.
Last week, the minister had denied the use of Income Tax data to identify those earning Rs.10 lakh a year or more.
“We do not have access to Income Tax data. We are asking people earning
above Rs.10 lakh to come forward and sign affidavits and give up their
subsidy,” Mr. Pradhan had said. Joint Secretary Ashutosh Jindal said the
Ministry had identified about 3 lakh people earning more than Rs.10 lakh a year.
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