NEW DELHI: The benchmark Saudi contract price for LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) rose 203% to $725 a tonne between April 2020 and July 2022 from $236 a tonne but 14.2 kg supplied to households for cooking. The refill price increased by 41.5% from Rs. During this, the government gave information from Rs 744 to Rs 1,053 in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Responding to BJP member Sushil Kumar Modi’s question, Oil Minister Hardeep Puri said that the government controls the effective domestic prices of LPG.
He said that during this epidemic, three refills were given to the houses which were given free gas connections. Ujjwala Scheme for the poor.
The government has started giving subsidy of Rs 200 per cylinder to Ujjwala connection holders. The subsidy will be available on 12 refills purchased during the current financial year.
Puri said the government spent Rs 3,724 crore in 2019-20, Rs 9,235 crore in 2020-21 and Rs 1,569 crore during 2021-22 on the Ujjwala scheme. The expenditure for 2020-21 includes money for three free refills given to Ujjwala connection holders in the April-December period of 2020.
According to the minister, the number of LPG connections has increased from 14 crore in 2014 to over 30 crore in 2022, which includes 9.3 crore connections given under the Ujjwala scheme.
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