Limiting Supply of LPG Cylinders for Cooking Purposes

A proposal is under consideration with the Government   to give  consumers limited number of domestic Liquified Petroleum Gas  (LPG) cylinders in a year on the  subsidized rate.       The pricing and marketing modalities in respect of non-subsidized  domestic LPG cylinders to consumers are yet to be decided by the Government.          The Retail Selling Price of domestic LPG cylinder (at Delhi) and share of Government levies is given below : Rs./Cylinder Total Price before Government Levies 642.99 Less : Government Subsidy -22.58 Less : Under Recovery absorbed by PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) -247.00 Price Component Realized by OMCs 373.41 Custom duty 0 Excise Duty including Education Cess @ 3% 0 Total Central Taxes 0 Price Charged to Customer – Depot Price 373.41 VAT 0 Total State Taxes 0 Distributor Commission 25.83 RSP per Cylinder (Rounded Off) 399.00 This information was given by the  Minister of State for Petroleum &  Natural Gas Shri R.P.N. Singh in a written reply in the Rajya  Sabha on16/08/2011.