NEW DELHI, India (NNN-Bernama) -- Too much subsidised cooking gas (LPG) is being consumed by country's VVIPs, according to the transparency portal launched Friday by state-owned oil firms.
Vice President Hamid Ansari's official residence in New Delhi consumed 171 subsidised LPG cylinders up to May 31 this year, while Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur used 161 cylinders.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna used 83 refills of 14.2-kg cylinder at his residence in the national capital, BJP leader Rajnath Singh consumed 80 cylinders and former Union minister M S Gill 79, Press Trust of India reported.
The portal showed industrialist Naveen Jindal's residence received 369 refills or more than one cylinder a day through two LPG connections - one in the name of his late father OP Jindal and another in one Radha Devi Rawat.
Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy, who launched the portal to enable people to track their bookings and to see if someone was jumping queue to obtain a replacement before him, received 26 refills or more than two every month.
The general public is not allowed to book a refill within 21 days of delivery of a cylinder.
Commercial users usually purchase fuel at a marker rate of Rs 396 higher than the price of the subsidised unit.
The LPG portal shows a majority of the top 100 consumers of LPG in the national capital are politicians. -- NNN-BERNAMA
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