Top

Over 1 lakh claim LPG subsidy back

As per the reply, 1.12 lakh people have “opted inâ€for LPG subsidy after one year as on 1st April 2017.

New Delhi: With LPG prices shooting up, over 1 lakh people who had given up their LPG subsidy under Modi government’s ‘Give it up’ campaign are once again taking up subsidy.

Earlier this week petroleum minister in a written reply informed the Parliament that people who had given up their LPG subsidy have an option to switch back to “avail the subsidised cylinders after one year of giving up their subsidy.” As per the reply, 1.12 lakh people have “opted in” for LPG subsidy after one year as on 1st April 2017.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
Next Story