Grateful to Central govt for LPG price reduction: Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai
Aug 29, 2023
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 29 : Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Tuesday said that he is grateful to the Central government for the price reduction of the cooking gas cylinders.
Taking to X (former Twitter), K Annamalai said, "On behalf of Tamil Nadu BJP we sincerely thank our Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi who has announced Rs 200 additional subsidy and Rs 200 reduction in cooking gas cylinder price to all cooking gas users across the country. We are grateful to the Central Government headed by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi."
"In May 2022, our Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 200 subsidy to all LPG consumers limited to Ujjwala beneficiaries. In March 2023, the Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy was extended for a year," he added.
He further thanked the Centre for announcing 75 lakh new LPG connections under the Ujjwala scheme.
K Annamalai also targeted Tamil Nadu's DMK government over its promise to provide subsided cylinders to the people in the state.
"At this juncture, we wish to remind the Corrupt DMK of their poll promise number 503, where they promised Rs 100 per cylinder as a subsidy, which remains unfulfilled even after 27 months in power," he said.
Effective Wednesday, the price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder will be reduced by Rs 200 across the country. In Delhi, for instance, the decision will bring down the cost of a 14.2 kg cylinder from the existing Rs 1,103 per cylinder to Rs 903.
This across-the-board reduction is in addition to the existing targeted subsidy of Rs 200 per cylinder to Ujjwala households, which will continue. Therefore, the effective price in Delhi for Ujjwala beneficiaries after this reduction will be Rs 703.
It may be noted that there are more than 31 crore domestic LPG consumers, including 9.6 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries.
