The petroleum companies have written to the government that the supply of domestic gas to the consumers is regulated and only one cylinder per month to each family is provided. Thus there will be ration on it. The peculiarity of Congress is quota, permit and licence Raj. Whenever and for whatever period the Congress remains in power it is sure that there is hike in prices, there is inflation and lack of consumable good available to the public. The food and civic supplies department is so corrupt that it never takes drastic action against those who use domestic cylinders for commercial use instead of using commercial purposes. A commoner can see such breach but the personnel of the department are absolutely blind in this regard. They do not do regular checking and their usual work is roaming here and there.
During NDA government the supply of LPG was absolutely easy and there was no restriction on LPG gas connections also. It is said that the petroleum companies have to bear an extra cost of Rs 306 per cylinder as the government have not permitted to have the actual cost of the cylinder to be charged from the consumers. No doubt is in affix over the inflation and is helpless as the things have gone beyond its control though both the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister are surprisingly international fame economists! They are just promising the public that things will be easy. The so-called leaders of the Congress Sonia and Rahul are mum on the subject and are not able to counter the allegations of the political parties and cannot deny the realities. The companies or the leaders are not able to show in case of non supply of sufficient LPG gas what will be the alternate source of energy for the public as electricity, kerosene, fuel wood, coal and coke.
Coal is also not available to the public.
If there is no another alternative then the government should take the public into confidence and say that the constraint of the government is to reduce the subsidy and increase the price of LPG cylinders. It should say publicly that the government cannot provide alternative energy source for domestic work. Do what ever is needed but do not keep the public in dilemma over the subject.
Even if the subsidy is reduced to zero rupee the cost of one cylinder will be Rs. 633 or so. But if there is non-supply of LPG gas the consumer will have to spend more than that much of amount. In addition the facilities of LPG gas cannot be equated with other energy services though they may be costlier. The opposition parties and members from the UPA may make hue and cry or may be hypocritical but the realities are as they are.
PV Namjoshi.
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