New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday hit out on the authorities over the hike in worth of LPG cylinders, saying if it involves energy on the Centre, it could finish the “loot” by offering cylinders for home customers underneath Rs 500. Cooking gasoline LPG worth on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder — the primary improve in charges in nearly eight months — that got here inside days of finish of polling in three northeastern states and was sharply criticised by the Opposition. In Delhi, a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder now prices Rs 1,103, up from Rs 1,053, in line with a worth notification of state-owned gas retailers. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the worth of home cooking gasoline cylinder has been raised by Rs 50 and that of economic gasoline cylinder by Rs 350 at a time when each individual within the nation is going through the brunt of excessive inflation.
“The public is asking – how to make Holi dishes now, for how long will these orders of loot continue? Every person is facing the brunt of back-breaking inflation implemented by (Narendra) Modi government,” Kharge mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
घरेलू रसोई गैस सिलिंडर के दाम ₹50 बढ़ाए
कमर्शियल गैस सिलिंडर ₹350 महँगा
जनता पूछ रही है —
अब कैसे बनेंगे होली के पकवान,
कब तक जारी रहेंगे लूट के ये फ़रमान ?मोदी सरकार लागू कमरतोड़ महंगाई के तले पिसता हर इंसान ! #LPGPriceHike
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) March 1, 2023
Party spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh mentioned Prime Minister Modi has given a Holi “gift” to the folks within the type of the LPG worth hike. If the Congress involves energy on the Centre, it could present gasoline cylinders underneath Rs 500 on the traces of that offered by its authorities in Rajasthan, he mentioned.
मोदी जी…
कांग्रेस की राज्य सरकारों से सीखिए कि कैसे सीमित संसाधनों के बावजूद 500 रुपए के अंदर गैस सिलेंडर मुहैया कराया जा रहा है।@GouravVallabh जी pic.twitter.com/CTZj2YegEU
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 1, 2023
“If the Congress comes to power, the party pledges to provide domestic LPG cylinders at below Rs 500 as being provided by the Rajasthan government. Modi ji should draw lessons from the Congress government in Rajasthan and not loot the people of the country with high taxes,” Vallabh informed reporters.
He added that any hike in costs has a cascading impact on all articles. Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned the BJP authorities has once more elevated the costs of cylinders and this time simply earlier than Holi.
“Since 2014, the government has raised the price of cylinders by 275 per cent. The cylinder was Rs 400 in the Congress government, the Congress government of Rajasthan is providing cylinders for Rs 500. The prime minister should tell, then why is your government looting the public like this,” Priyanka Gandhi requested.
On the hike in costs, state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) mentioned Rs 1,103 was the speed for a 14.2-kg non-subsidised LPG cylinder.
The authorities does not pay any subsidy to most non-Ujjwala customers and that is the speed that they should pay for purchasing cooking gasoline refills. The authorities pays Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy to the 9.58 crore poor who obtained free LPG connection underneath the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. The efficient worth for them can be Rs 903 per cylinder.
State-owned gas retailers are alleged to revise charges on a month-to-month foundation in keeping with value however they haven’t finished so since 2020 and had been in October final yr given a one-time grant of Rs 22,000 crore to make up for losses they incurred between June 2020 and June 2022. They final revised home LPG worth on July 4 final yr.
