LPG gas cylinder price cut for Ujjwala beneficiaries: Govt increases subsidy, cylinder prices to go down by Rs 100: Check reduced rates

LPG Gasoline Cylinder Worth Lower for PMUY Beneficiaries: Union minister Anurag Thakur knowledgeable on Wednesday that the Union Authorities has raised the subsidy quantity for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per LPG cylinder. He knowledgeable this throughout a briefing on Cupboard choices. Earlier, with a subsidy of Rs 200, the worth of subsidised LPG cyclinder was Rs 703. Now, with the subsidy being additional elevated by one other Rs 100, the worth for the subsidised LPG cylinder below the Ujjwala scheme would come right down to Rs 603.

Informing this, Anurag Thakur mentioned, “The federal government has raised subsidy quantity for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per LPG cylinder.”

The federal government has raised subsidy quantity for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per LPG cylinder: Union minister Anurag Thakur throughout a briefing on Cupboard choices pic.twitter.com/Dvf7wXtXQT

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Earlier, the Union Authorities had final month permitted the discharge of Rs 1,650 crore to grease advertising and marketing corporations in direction of offering 75 lakh LPG connections below the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. With the availability for a further 75 lakh Ujjwala connections, the overall variety of beneficiaries below the PMUY scheme has now elevated to 10.35 crores.

The PMUY gasoline cylinder subsidy scheme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Could 2016 to supply LPG connections to ladies of under poverty line (BPL) households.

Extra particulars awaited.