August 31, 2023: In a move that will benefit around 33 crore users of domestic cooking gas, the Central Government on August 29, 2023, announced that it has reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by Rs 200 per cylinder.
PM Ujwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme beneficiaries will continue to receive the subsidy of Rs 200 per cylinder in their accounts. Further, the new subsidy of Rs 200 per cylinder will be in addition to their PM Ujwala scheme subsidy. PMUY beneficiaries will now get a subsidy of Rs 400 per LPG cylinder.
For example, in Delhi, the cost of a 14.2 kilogram (kg) cylinder will be reduced from the existing Rs 1,103 per cylinder to Rs 903 per cylinder. Currently, the LPG prices in other cities are Rs 1,102 per cylinder in Mumbai, Rs 1,129 in Kolkata and Rs 1,118 in Chennai. The government had stopped the LPG subsidy to non-Ujjwala consumers during 2020-21.
There are over 31 crore domestic LPG consumers in India, including 9.6 crore PMUY beneficiary families, which will benefit from the new move by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
The government will shortly start the distribution of PMUY connections to 75 lakh beneficiaries from poor households who do not have an LPG connection. This will increase the total number of beneficiaries under PMUY from 9.6 crore to 10.35 crore, according to an official statement.
In March 2023, the government extended the subsidy of Rs 200 per LPG cylinder to around 9.6 crore households under PMUY by one year, owing to the high prices of petroleum products in the international market.
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