TMI BlogBenefit of LPG subsidy will not be available if the consumer or his/her spouse had taxable income of more than Rs Ten lakh in previous financial yearX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Benefit of LPG subsidy will not be available if the consumer or his/her spouse had taxable income of more than Rs Ten lakh in previous financial year - News and Press Release Dated:- 28-12-2015 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Petroleum Natural Gas 28-December-2015 16:06 IST At present, there are 16.35 crore LPG consumers in the country. Wit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... h the implementation of the PAHAL Scheme (DBTL), the subsidy is being transferred directly to the Bank Account of 14.78 crore LPG Consumers. The objective of the scheme was to ensure that the subsidy benefits go to the targeted group. The Government had also given a call to the well-to-do households for voluntarily giving up LPG subsidy. So far, 57.50 lakh LPG consumers have opted out of LPG subsi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dy voluntarily heeding the call given by the Prime Minister. The subsidy saved from the GiveitUp campaign is being utilized for providing new connections to the BPL families under the Giveback campaign. This enables provision of LPG, a clean fuel, to poor households by replacing the conventional fuels such as kerosene, coal, fuel wood, cow dung, etc. relieving the poor of the hardships and hea ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lth hazards from such fuels. While many consumers have given up subsidy voluntarily, it is felt that consumers in the higher income bracket should get LPG cylinders at the market price. Therefore, the Government has decided that the benefit of the LPG subsidy will not be available for LPG consumers if the consumer or his/her spouse had taxable income of more than ₹ 10,00,000/- during the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... previous financial year computed as per the Income Tax Act, 1961 . In keeping with the approach of trusting the citizens, this will be given effect to initially on self-declaration basis while booking cylinders from January 2016 onwards. YKB/Rk - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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