In a bid to counter rising kitchen inflation, the Government reduces domestic LPG prices by ₹200, benefiting 33 crore households, and expands PM Ujjwala Yojana with 75 lakh new connections.
In a fight against kitchen inflation, the Government on Tuesday announced lowering the price of domestic LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) by 200 with immediate effect for all 33 crore connections. It also decided to issue another 75 lakh connections under PM Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY).
“This is a gift to crores of my sisters of the country on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Our Government will always do everything possible that improves people’s quality of life and benefits the poor and middle class,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet after a decision taken by the Cabinet. Since May 2020, there has not been a subsidy on LPG cylinders for connection holders except Ujjawala. Even for Ujjawala, ₹200 per cylinder subsidy was announced only in May 2021.