5,000 BPL households in Jharkhand get LPG connection

Ranchi, Oct 3 (KNN) As many as five thousand households from below poverty line (BPL) category were handed over LPG connection in Dumka district of Jharkhand.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally handed over LPG connections to four households at an even held on Friday.

“Under this Give Back scheme, Government of India has contributed Rs 1600 per LPG connection to BPL household while Government of Jharkhand has contributed Rs 918.50 per household connection,” the Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Gas said in a statement.

On the occasion, Modi reiterated his appeal to voluntarily giving up LPG subsidy on Urja Sangam on March 27, 2015. He appreciated that above 30 lakh people have already given up LPG subsidy in such a short time.

Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan accompanied the prime minister on the occasion. (KNN Bureau)