The Akhilesh Yadav government in UP is now mulling over a proposal to provide some relief to LPG consumers by extending the subsidy to three more cylinders per consumer in a year. “We are yet to work on how to go about it but we are making serious efforts towards it and plan to come out with a formal announcement soon on extending the subsidy on LPG cylinders. The middle-class has felt the maximum pinch of the cap on LPG cylinder and we want to provide some relief,” the CM said.
Officials in the department of food and civil supplies confirmed that the exercise was underway to workout modalities based on three particular modes — one of which is providing LPG distributors with the subsidy, the second is on a tie-up with the central ministry providing the LPG and the third is based on re-imbursement of subsidy directly to the consumer.