Earn Rs 6 lakh/year? Pay Rs 642.35 for LPG cylinder
Image: Reuters.This should include those holding constitutional posts, public representatives like MPs, MLAs/MLCs," the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas said in its latest report.
Earn Rs 6 lakh/year? Pay Rs 642.35 for LPG cylinder
Image: Reuters."The Committee are of the firm opinion that such an initiative by the government will help to expand its subsidised LPG distribution to the rural people who are more in the need of this clean fuel," the report, tabled in Parliament, said.
Earn Rs 6 lakh/year? Pay Rs 642.35 for LPG cylinder
Image: Panel says stop selling subsidised LPG cylinder to the rich.The Committee said a more effective way to cut subsidy outgo will be to completely stop selling subsidised LPG cylinder to the rich.
Also, the panel suggested that the oil ministry pursue early clearance of the scheme for providing free LPG connections to all eligible BPL families.
Earn Rs 6 lakh/year? Pay Rs 642.35 for LPG cylinder
Image: Reuters.An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was to meet on July 12 to consider restricting supply of subsidised LPG cylinder to four per household in a year. But the meeting was deferred.
As per the proposal, restricted subsidised LPG supply should be only for those who either owned a car, a two-wheeler, a house or figure in the income-tax list.
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