Govt.'s LPG claim draws criticism

July 20, 2016 02:40 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 02:32 am IST

The Central government had claimed that it would end up saving almost Rs. 22,000 crore in the financial years 2014-15 and 2015-16 after launching its two-pronged approach on cooking gas subsidy.

However, a CAG report to be tabled in Parliament during the ongoing session could seriously puncture the claim, according to reliable sources. The audit has found that the saving from people voluntarily giving up LPG subsidy and direct bank transfers adds up to less than Rs. 2,000 crore. The remaining saving is actually owing to the dramatic fall in the prices of LPG that is imported annually, >The Hindu's report said.

Politicians took to Twitter to voice their concern over the same.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury tweeted, "Either PM and Petroleum minister don't know the truth of LPG savings or were misleading. What is worse?"

Congress MLA Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "How much has #ModiSarkar spent in advertising to propagate false #LPGSubsidy claims?" he tweeted.

He called it another ingenuine 'Jumlanomics.'

AAP's Ashish Khetan too tweeted this article.

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