2016
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Voter Id
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Aadhaar card
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PAN Card
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Driving Licence
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Detailed explanation-1: -Yes, an Aadhaar card is mandatory to avail LPG subsidy.
Detailed explanation-2: -As per the Ujjwala scheme, beneficiaries are eligible to receive Rs. 200 for a cylinder as subsidy. Subsidy is being provided for a maximum of 12 bottles per year. The main aim of the subsidy is to help ease the burden due to the increase in cooking gas prices.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also, the re-introduction of LPG subsidy under the Ujjwala Yojana, which is meant for low-income people at the rate of Rs 200/cylinder, in May 2022 is seen to cost Rs 6, 100 crore in FY23.
Detailed explanation-4: -The PAHAL scheme was first launched under the UPA government in 2013, and was then revised and relaunched after the Modi government came to power in 2014.
Detailed explanation-5: -All LPG customers, even Ujjwala Yojana recipients, purchased LPG cylinders at market prices after the subsidy was removed in June 2020. At current market rates in the country, a 14.2 kilogramme LPG cylinder costs Rs 1, 003.