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Aadhaar card not mandatory for availing of subsidies: Govt
New Delhi: Aadhaar card is not mandatory to avail of subsidies under government schemes including on domestic cooking gas, the government on Friday said in the Rajya Sabha.
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5-kg gas cylinders to be sold at select petrol pumps in metros
New Delhi: Cooking gas (LPG) can now be bought across-the-counter at select petrol pumps in five metros as the government has allowed the sale of market priced LPG in small cylinders of 5-kg each.
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Centre may alter gas, diesel pricing
New Delhi: The government is likely to alter the way diesel and cooking fuels are priced to reduce its subsidy burden, which appears to be spiralling out of hand due to the falling rupee.
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LPG price hiked by Rs 11.42; petrol, diesel rates may go up
Cooking gas (LPG) price was on Saturday hiked by Rs 11.42 per cylinder following government decision to raise commission paid to the dealers.
Chidambaram abolishes duty on non-subsidised LPG cylinders
In marginal relief to consumers, the government on Friday abolished import and excise duties on LPG cylinders they buy beyond the 6 per annum quota of subsidised cooking gas, and asked state governm
CCPA meeting postponed; no new date fixed
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), which could have decided on raising diesel and cooking fuel prices, was on Tuesday postponed even as Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said t
Cooking gas shortage looms over state
An LPG shortage looms large over Kerala following interruption in bulk LPG transport from the Mangalore refinery to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) bottling plants in the state, in the wake of the Ch
Steep hike in gas price; travel, food to be costly
The Central government has hiked the prices of autorickshaw LPG and commercial LPG cylinders overnight by almost Rs 7 per litre and Rs 200 respectively.
The hike is going to affect the common man the
