It has been made clear that no government institute or NGO having a social cause, including schools and hostels, will continue to get LPG cylinders at subsidised rates. According to Food Distribution Office (FDO) officials, they will have to pay commercial rates on gas cylinders set up by the central government.

FDO in the city has been receiving many complaints from social institutes to continue supplying subsidised LPG cylinders to them since last week. But, both FDO and LPG gas company’s top officials have emphasised that, according to the government’s new rules, no social institute will get a subsidy on gas cylinders anymore. The new LPG price set by state government for a domestic gas cylinder is fixed at Rs 433 and for a commercial cylinder at Rs 908 in the city.