From May 2020, in the middle of lockdown, the Narendra govt sneakily stopped paying LPG subsidy to eligible customers.
Subsidy credit to people's bank accounts abruptly stopped exactly a year ago while LPG prices kept rising.
Here's what I was told 👇
LPG subsidy was paid as a difference between market price & subsidized price to eligible consumers. This started under the UPA Govt.
LPG subsidy was directly credited to bank accounts after linking of Aadhaar.
This abruptly stopped for all consumers in May 2020.
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That's because in May 2020, citing "low fuel prices", the Narendra Govt. claimed that the price of a subsidized AND non-subsidized LPG cylinder was now the same at Rs. 594 per cylinder.
This was used as an excuse to not pay/credit subsidies.
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Since then, LPG cylinder prices have skyrocketed. Prices were hiked 7 times between Dec 2020 & Mar 2021.
The average price of an LPG cylinder now is between Rs. 800-1000.
HOWEVER, the govt still claims that the price of a subsidized & non-subsidized cylinder is the SAME
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Basically, the Govt of India is scamming people by raising the price of "subsidized cylinders" every time it hikes the market price. They're linked the two at par.
Which basically means NO SUBSIDIES for any LPG cylinder consumers no matter how much the prices rise.
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This has hit not only the poor but also the middle-class.
After spending crores on PR for the "Ujjwala Scheme", the govt has conveniently hidden the fact that beneficiaries have gone back to using wooden stoves.
No one has received LPG subsidy since May 2020.
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The BJP govt used the pandemic lockdown to hit the poor & middle-class in this sneaky manner.
The govt has effectively done away with LPG subsidy for EVERYONE by linking subsidized prices to market prices.
Thieves have more honor than these bloodsucking sanghis.
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On April 25, I'd filed an RTI with @DelhiPolice seeking details after many Covid-19 volunteers complained they'd been called by the police asking them to delete posts regarding medicine/oxygen leads.
I'd also requested volunteers to save details of such calls.
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The @DelhiPolice HQ has flat-out denied that any such calls were made by the police or that any requests were made to take down social media posts.
There have been separate responses from ALL Delhi Police districts stating the same.
I have an appeal for all volunteers.
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If you/someone you know did receive a call from Delhi Police while doing Covid-19 volunteer work, please reach out to me with details.
Based on this RTI response, any call/demand made by any police officer to volunteers was unauthorized & illegal.
Been checking on this situation of Delhi Police calling volunteers sharing resources/leads & 1 thing came up:
If you are aware that someone is selling medicines/oxygen in black/higher prices, DO NOT SHARE OR AMPLIFY THOSE LEADS WITH PEOPLE.
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Police have called volunteers in some cases where a patient’s family were told that medicine/oxygen is available at XYZ place for higher prices & they complained.
Do NOT amplify any leads that you are aware are black marketing. No matter how desperate the case is.
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Also, if you have confirmed info about someone selling oxygen/medicines in black at inflated prices, record those numbers and inform the police immediately.
Hoarders & black marketers are a cancer to society right now. Don’t enable them & ensure they’re brought to justice
Exclusive: Was India’s “vaccine export” an elaborate scam?
Govt of India tells me that it initially procured 5.6 crore doses of Covishield at Rs. 210 per unit & 1 crore doses of Covaxin at Rs. 309.75 per unit....THRU PM CARES.
That’s about 6.6 crore (66 million) doses
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Interestingly, India has exported 6 million doses as of March 2021.
Which is literally the SAME number procured under PM CARES at a cost of 1486 crores.
Now, it gets interesting.
The Govt later started procuring vaccine doses through the Union Health budget.
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The order for vaccine doses placed by the Govt thru funding from the budget is prices at Rs. 157.50 per unit for both Covaxin & Covishield.
The ONGOING order placed under the budget is for 10 crore doses of Covishield & 2 crore doses of Covaxin.