LPG price hike: Congress takes jibe at Modi govt | Latest News India

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday took a jibe at the Centre after the hike in costs of home liquified petroleum gasoline (LPG) by ₹50 per cylinder, saying that it has change into out of attain for the poor and middle-class households.

“The cost of subsidised cooking gas has increased by 2.5 times and it has become out of reach to poor and middle-class households,” Congress common secretary Randeep Surjewala stated in a tweet whereas sharing the price comparability between 2014 and 2022.

With the second rate-hike in lower than two months, cooking gasoline on Saturday grew to become costlier by ₹50 per cylinder pushing the price to over ₹1,000 per 14.2 kg refill in a number of cities.

Surjewala raised considerations over rising the price by ₹100 throughout the final 45 days. The price was earlier elevated by ₹50 on March 22.

Surjewala shared the price of cooking gasoline which was ₹414 in May 2014, which has elevated by ₹585.50 until now. He demanded to convey down the fee according to the rate in 2014. He additional talked about that the then Congress authorities supplied ₹39,558 crore price of LPG subsidy throughout 2012-13 and ₹46,458 crore in 2013-14.

The price of a 19-kg business LPG cylinder was elevated by ₹102 earlier this month. The price of a 5-kg business LPG cylinder was elevated to ₹655.

To make sure, this isn’t the primary time that cooking gasoline costs have skyrocketed. In January 2014 it was ₹1,241 per 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi. Since then its charges remained risky, however from May 1, 2020 (at ₹581.5 per cylinder) the costs moved up in an unilinear path barring a minor ₹10 per cylinder price discount in April 2021, in accordance with official knowledge.