No immediate plan to curb LPG subsidy: Dharmendra
Pradhan
25/11/2014 11:39
The government is not planning to take away the subsidy from the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in near term, said Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. Pradhan, said the issue of who should get the subsidy and who should not needs to be debated, said the media report. Earlier on Friday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had stated that the government was considering removal of subsidy on the cooking gas for well-off consumers. The removal of the subsidy on LPG for better off consumers would help the government to reduce its expenditure thereby aiding it to curb the fiscal deficit.
25/11/2014 11:39
The government is not planning to take away the subsidy from the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in near term, said Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. Pradhan, said the issue of who should get the subsidy and who should not needs to be debated, said the media report. Earlier on Friday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had stated that the government was considering removal of subsidy on the cooking gas for well-off consumers. The removal of the subsidy on LPG for better off consumers would help the government to reduce its expenditure thereby aiding it to curb the fiscal deficit.
