Cylinders

In the second phase, the households whose total annual income is less than Rs 4 lakh would be covered under this scheme. Gaude said 37,000 BPL families would be covered under this initiative wherein the money would be directly deposited in their bank account at the end of the current financial year.

Expect to double cylinder capacity, to reach 1.4 million by June: Time Technoplast

Time Technoplast have a capacity of 700,000 cylinders, said Anil Jain, MD of the company.

Mahanagar Gas launches CNG fuelled 2-wheeler; shares up 3%

The company has also launched MGL Connect Mobile App, which will assist consumers to find the nearest CNG station in Mumbai Metropolitan region (MMR) and nearby areas for a convenient refuelling experience.

Uflex Engineersthinnest PET ALOxspeciality Film

Upholding its commitment towards down-gauging and light-weighting, India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials and solution ...

Flexible Packaging Major Uflex Honoured by World Confederation of Businesses

India’s largest global flexible packaging solution company, Uflex Limited has been conferred with the prestigious “The Bizz ...

Flexible Packaging Major Uflex Honoured by World Confederation of Businesses

India’s largest global flexible packaging solution company, Uflex Limited has been conferred with the prestigious “The Bizz ...

DBT scheme saves Rs 14,672 cr on LPG subsidy in a year:Govt

The duplicate/fake connections were blocked under the direct benefit transfer scheme, called PAHAL.

Gas customers can get mini 5-kg cylinder at subsidised rate

Consumers were entitled to 12 such bottles in a year at subsidised rate of Rs 417 in Delhi. Now the subsidised cooking gas is also available in 5-kg packs, costing Rs 155 per such cylinder in Delhi.

Will Rahul's appeal hike LPG subsidy to 12 cylinders?

Rahul appealed to "the Prime Minister to raise the bar of LPG usage from nine cylinders to 12 cylinders,” and Veerappa Moily jumped in and said "aye, aye sir."

Diesel price up by 51 paise/L, petrol cut by 25 paise/L

In bold reforms, the government on Thursday moved towards deregulating diesel when it raised prices by 51 paisa per litre and planned similar monthly hikes in future to cut record subsidies.

Sensex jumps; HPCL up 8.5%, IOC 7%

At 14.30 hrs IST, the Sensex was up 179.22 points or 0.90% at 19996.85, and the Nifty up 46.55 points or 0.78% at 6048.40.

Oil min proposes Rs 1/litre a month hike in diesel prices

The oil ministry has made a proposal to cabinet to raise diesel prices and increase the number of subsidised cylinders available to households to nine a year from the current cap of six, two oil ministry sources said on Wednesday.

Parl panel slams govt on uniform cap on subsidised LPG

A Parliamentary Panel has "deplored" the government for capping the supply of subsidised LPG to 6 cylinders per households, saying that such restrictions should not be placed on people having income below a threshold.

Hike in LPG cap to cost exchequer Rs 12,000cr: Sources

Oil Minister Veerappa Moily today announced that the government is looking at hiking the LPG subsidy cap from six to nine cylinders. However, if this hike takes place, the subsidy bill will shoot up by Rs 12,000 crore, reports CNBC-TV18's Aakansha Sethi.

Households likely to get 9 subsidised LPG cylinders a year

The government will raise the cap on supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) to nine cylinders per household in a year from current restriction of six, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said.

Govt considering raising cap on subsidised LPG cylinders

Government is considering raising cap on supply of subsidised LPG cylinders and a decision will be taken in the "next few days", Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily said in the Lok Sabha.

9 LPG cylinders this year if oil cos get extra Rs 3,000cr

The oil ministry will raise the cap on supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) to 9 cylinders per household in a year provided the finance ministry agrees to give an additional Rs 3,000 crore in 2012-13.

No subsidised LPG cylinders for mid-day meal programme

The Petroleum Ministry has turned down a request of the HRD Ministry to allow supply of subsidised LPG cylinders for the mid-day meal programme.

Govt looking into demands for raising subsidised LPG cap

The government is looking into demands for raising the cap on supply of subsidised cooking gas (LPG) cylinders per households, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said.

Govt extends deadline for filling KYC form by LPG consumers

The government today extended by 15 days the deadline for filling the Know Your Customer (KYC) form by LPG consumers to month-end. In a nationwide exercise to weed out multiple or ghost connections, the government had previously extended the deadline for customers to fill KYC forms by 15 days till November 15.

Govt holds price hike of non-subsidised LPG cylinders

The government has put on hold a price hike of Rs 26 and 50 paise on non-subsidised LPG cylinders. According to sources the hike has been put on hold until further notice, reports Malvika Jain of CNBC-TV18.

Rs 26.50 hike in cooking gas cylinders put on hold

Facing stiff opposition, the government tonight put on hold the Rs 26.5 increase in price of cooking gas cylinders that consumers buy beyond their quota of six subsidised bottles.

Cooking gas price hiked by Rs 26.50 to Rs 922 per cylinder

The price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG), which consumers buy beyond the cheaper quota of six cylinders, was today hiked by Rs 26.50 to Rs 922 per unit on firming international rates.

Maha to incur Rs 2,400 cr burden on subsidised cylinders

Maharashtra Government will incur a burden of Rs 2,400 crore to provide three subsidised LPG cylinders to consumers in the state, officials said. "There are 1.71 crore LPG consumers and five crore gas cylinders and giving subsidies will cost the state exchequer a huge burden of Rs 2,400 crore.

LPG distributors to strike on Oct 1 against cylinder cap

The National Federation of LPG Distributors of India has announced a nationwide strike on October 1 against the cap on subsidised cylinders introduced recently by the government to deal with its huge subsidy bill.