Only a few days are left for the festival of brother and sister Rakshabandhan. Last year, on the occasion of Rakshabandhan, Prime Minister Modi had reduced the price of gas cylinder by Rs 200. It is often seen that on the occasion of this festival, big advertisements for women come from the government in different states of the country. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given the gift of free bus travel to women on the day of Rakshabandhan. Apart from this, the Madhya Pradesh government has made a big announcement in the form of LPG cylinder. Women of MP will get direct benefit from the government.
What is the announcement of MP government?
It was a few days ago when Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had talked about giving LPG cylinders for Rs 450 under the Ladli Behan Yojana. CM Mohan Yadav said that under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and non-PMUY, 40 lakh Ladli sisters of the state will be given gas cylinders at the price of Rs 450. Under this scheme, the beneficiary sisters are also given Rs 1250 per month by the government. But this time the Chief Minister has talked about giving Rs 1500 instead of 1250. That is, 250 rupees more than every year.
The price was reduced by Rs 200.
Earlier last year in 2023, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a big gift to all LPG customers (33 crore connections) in the second term of the government. Under which the price of LPG cylinder was reduced by Rs 200. After this decision, the price of 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi came down from Rs 1103 to Rs 903.
Then on March 8, 2024, on the occasion of Women's Day, the Modi government again reduced the price of the cylinder by Rs 100. In this way, the price of LPG cylinder in Delhi became Rs 803. The beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme are given a subsidy of Rs 300 by the government. In this way, the price of this cylinder becomes Rs 503 for them.