subsidized cylinders

Sitharaman also pointed out that apart from higher crude oil prices, fertiliser prices have reached “unimaginable” levels, while elevated gold prices are creating challenges on the external sector front.

The oil marketing companies have announced a hike of Rs 4 across categories of LPG cylinders (subsidized, non-subsidized and exempted).

The government on Thursday said it will "look into" a demand to raise the quota of subsidized LPG cylinders to 12 per household in a year from the current limit of nine.

With the cabinet committee on political affairs raising the LPG subsidy cap to nine cylinders per household from six, each household will now be able to avail of two additional subsidized cylinders till March.

Providing respite to domestic LPG consumers in the state, the government had announced to give three more subsidized cylinders over and above the six-cylinder cap placed by the Central government.

With the cap on subsidized cylinders coming into effect, religious institutions like the Ayyappa temple at Anant Nagar will have to shell out more for its cooking activities.

The increase in prices of gas cylinders on the first day of the New Year has come as a rude shock for many. While the hike in prices of subsidized cylinders is marginal, non-subsidized cylinders will now cost substantially more and affect the common man's budget.

To provide respite to domestic LPG consumers in the state, the Ashok Gehlot government had announced to give three more subsidized cylinders over and above the six-cylinder cap placed by the Union government.

The state government on Wednesday deferred a decision on raising the cap on subsidized cooking gas cylinders.

Amid public scare of a cooking gas shortage ahead of the festive season, state-run fuel retailers on Saturday launched a mass contact programme to say there is no ban on new connection and consumers would get at least three subsidized cylinders in the remaining part of the current fiscal, or March 31, 2013.

Domestic cooking gas cylinders beyond the subsidized quota of six are reaching city homes quicker, raising suspicion that oil companies here are pushing more for non-subsidized cylinders.

During April-May 2013, cooking gas consumption in India fell to 2.4 million tonnes from 2.5 million tonnes in April-May 2012, a fall of 3.3%, according to provisional data from the three state-owned oil marketing companies.

State-run fuel retailers reduced the price of non-subsidized domestic cooking gas cylinders by Rs 54 each on Tuesday.