The Congress party has strongly criticized the government's decision to reduce the number of subsidized LPG cylinders for Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries. Cong party president Mallikarjun Kharge stated that the government is only pretending to care for women. The number of subsidized refills has been cut from 12 to 9, and now further to 4 annually.

The Centre on Monday reduced the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders available annually to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from nine to four…

Government reduces PM Ujjwala subsidy from nine to four cylinders amid rising LPG costs, impacting low-income households.