Tag: Lpg Cylinders

Free distribution of gas cylinders during Holi and Diwali was one of the key poll promises, the BJP had made in the recently concluded UP elections.

A major mishap was averted after a truck carrying LPG cylinders near Rasrajpur on Sambalpur-Rourkela Biju Expressway under Sundergarh Sadar police limits caught fire on Saturday.

The incessant rise in cooking gas prices has drawn criticism for the government from several quarters.

Gajapati: The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) will distribute LPG cylinders at subsidised rates in three flood-hit districts-Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada. According to sources, beneficiaries under the Ujjwala scheme can avail a cylinder at Rs 200 while non-beneficiaries will have to pay Rs 1200 per cylinder. Apart from that, oil companies will provide assistance in […]

Sambalpur: After 52 domestic LPG cylinders were seized by the Supplies Department during a raid at a private college in Sambalpur district, a case has been registered against the college administration and an investigation has been launched into probable black marketing. After 50 cylinders were seized from the college, raids were conducted at a godown […]

New Delhi: Government may examine a proposal to extend provision of free LPG cylinders for Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries for three months again in FY22 to provide relief to over 83 million BPL households from rising price of the cooking gas. The 14.2-kg cylinder’s price has risen by over Rs 125 per cylinder since January in […]