New Delhi, September 01: Delhi Government today made it clear that it was not considering withdrawing the subsidy on LPG cylinders following shortfall in revenue collection.
The government has been giving a subsidy of Rs 40 per cylinder since last year when price of the LPG cylinders was increased by the Centre.
“We are not going to withdraw the LPG subsidy. The speculations were totally baseless,” Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf told reporters.
There were speculation that government was considering withdrawal of the subsidy on the cooking gas in view of shortfall in revenue collection in the first quarter of the financial year.
The total yearly burden on the government comes to around Rs 170 crore for giving subsidy on LPG cylinders.
The government had recently withdrawn subsidy given to certain categories of the power consumers citing shortfall in revenue collection.
Yusuf also said the government has decided to sell pulses such as ‘rajma’ and ‘urad’ at subsidised rates at around 400 Mother Dairy outlets located across the city.
Since last month, the government has been selling pulses like ‘arhar,’ malka,’ ‘urad’ and ‘chana’ dal at wholesale prices at around 80 retail outlets across the city to curb spiralling prices in the open market.
—Agencies