New Delhi: The Delhi government will give three subsidised cooking gas cylinder to the poor under its scheme to remove all kerosene stoves in the state. These will be in addition to the six subsidised cylinder limit announced by the central government on Friday.
The state government has undertaken a plan to remove all kerosene stoves used for cooking purposes. As part of this, it gives one cylinder and a stove free to families that use kerosene stoves. Now this scheme will extend to three subsidised LPG cylinders per family.
This will mean that each family will now get nine subsidised cylinders a year, beating the central government's cap of six. All cylinders above this cap will have to be bought at the market price, which is about Rs. 700. A subsidised cylinder costs Rs. 400.
The central government on Friday announced the limit in a bid to reduce its subsidy bill. But there are reports that this limit might be relaxed to overcome political opposition, specially from UPA ally Mamata Bannerjee.
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