<p>The government on Friday allowed consumers to buy more than one subsidised LPG cylinder in a month, but the overall number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders will remain at 12 a year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The government had initially capped the supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per household annually in September 2012, in a bid to cut its subsidy bill. The quota was raised to nine per household in January 2013. <br /><br />It was again raised to 12 from nine this January on the demand of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who was apprised by Congress-ruled states that the cap on cylinders was the main cause of the UPA’s defeat in the Assembly elections of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi late last year. <br /><br />The linking of Aadhaar cards with LPG subsidy was also done away with.<br /></p>
<p>The government on Friday allowed consumers to buy more than one subsidised LPG cylinder in a month, but the overall number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders will remain at 12 a year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The government had initially capped the supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per household annually in September 2012, in a bid to cut its subsidy bill. The quota was raised to nine per household in January 2013. <br /><br />It was again raised to 12 from nine this January on the demand of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who was apprised by Congress-ruled states that the cap on cylinders was the main cause of the UPA’s defeat in the Assembly elections of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi late last year. <br /><br />The linking of Aadhaar cards with LPG subsidy was also done away with.<br /></p>
