The government’s decision to lower the cost of cooking gas cylinders is a gift to the lower and middle classes, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.
To lessen the impact of growing inflation on people, the government on Tuesday announced a reduction in the cost of home cooking gas of Rs 200 per cylinder.
At present, a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in the national capital costs Rs 1,103 – more than double the rate it came for in May 2020.
It will cost Rs 903 when the decision is implemented from Wednesday.
Goyal said that with this decision, the festival of Raksha Bandhan has brought a spring of happiness.
“Under the leadership of the Prime Minister @NarendraModi ji, the government has given a gift to the poor and middle class by reducing the prices of domestic gas cylinders by Rs 200 and by giving a subsidy of Rs 400 to Ujjwala beneficiaries. Thanks to Modi ji for this important decision,” Goyal said in a message on social network platform ‘X’.
