[Marxistindia] Rollback LPG Cylinder Price Hime

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 01, 2023

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Rollback LPG Cylinder Price Hike

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns
yet another hike in the price of domestic LPG cylinder by Rs. 50 from today.
This hike burdens the people further when the prices of all food and
essential commodities are rising relentlessly. 

 

With this hike, more people will dropout from using subsidized cooking gas
cylinders as they simply cannot afford it. Already, over 10 per cent of
those under Ujjwala Yojana have not taken any refill cylinders during last
year. Nearly 12 per cent took only 1 refill. A total of 56.5 per cent took
only 4 or less refills against the minimum required annual average of 7+
cylinders, and against an entitlement of 12 cylinders per year.

 

The commercial LPG cylinder prices have been hiked for the second time this
year. With this Rs. 350.50 hike a cylinder would cost Rs. 2119.5 instead of
Rs. 1769 in Delhi. This is bound to hike the input costs for all processed
food products fueling further price rise.  

 

This cruel hike has come in the background of growing levels of
unemployment, poverty and inflation in the country. The Polit Bureau demands
the rollback of these hikes immediately.  

 

 

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