Indoor air pollution responsible for 1.24 lakh deaths in India in 2015: Lancet
Among other sources, emissions from coal power plants, transport and other industries caused 80,368, 88,019 and 1,24,207 preventable deaths respectively, the report said.
Oct 31, 2017, 12:18 PM IST
Govt decides to limit LPG subsidy for tax payers earning over Rs 10 lakh
Government has decided that consumers with taxable income above Rs 10 lakh per year will not get LPG subsidy from January 2016.
Dec 28, 2015, 19:27 PM IST
New LPG subsidy scheme begins in 54 districts
"The Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme was launched on June 1, 2013 and finally covered 291 districts. It required the consumer to mandatorily have an Aadhaar number for availing LPG subsidy.
Nov 15, 2014, 09:29 AM IST
Modified DBTL scheme to be relaunched in 54 districts tomorrow
Beginning Saturday, LPG consumers in 54 districts of 11 states will start getting cash subsidy so that they can buy the cooking fuel at market price.
Nov 14, 2014, 15:59 PM IST
