<p>The government has no proposal before it to raise the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household in a year from current limit of nine, Oil Secretary Vivek Rae said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"There is no proposal in my ministry," he told reporters on the sidelines of an industry event here.<br /><br />Finance Minister P Chidambaram had last week stated that there were demands from "several chief ministers" for raising the quota of subsidised cylinders and the government "will look into" them.<br /><br />Rae said his ministry, as of now, is not processing or proposing any change in the subsidised quota.<br /><br />"I am not aware if there is any decision (on raising the limit) at political level," he said.<br /><br />With a view to cutting its subsidy bill, the government had capped the supply of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders to six per household in a year in September 2012. The quota was raised to nine bottles per household a year in January 2013.<br /><br />Officials said state-owned oil firms currently lose Rs 762.70 per cylinder on the sale of subsidised LPG and the government will have to pay higher subsidy if the quota is raised.</p>
<p>The government has no proposal before it to raise the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household in a year from current limit of nine, Oil Secretary Vivek Rae said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"There is no proposal in my ministry," he told reporters on the sidelines of an industry event here.<br /><br />Finance Minister P Chidambaram had last week stated that there were demands from "several chief ministers" for raising the quota of subsidised cylinders and the government "will look into" them.<br /><br />Rae said his ministry, as of now, is not processing or proposing any change in the subsidised quota.<br /><br />"I am not aware if there is any decision (on raising the limit) at political level," he said.<br /><br />With a view to cutting its subsidy bill, the government had capped the supply of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders to six per household in a year in September 2012. The quota was raised to nine bottles per household a year in January 2013.<br /><br />Officials said state-owned oil firms currently lose Rs 762.70 per cylinder on the sale of subsidised LPG and the government will have to pay higher subsidy if the quota is raised.</p>