No issue of domestic LPG supply in Goa; steps underway to ease commercial cylinder situation: Govt
Panaji (PTI): The supply of domestic cooking gas is normal across Goa, but the state government is taking measures to ease the situation arising out of the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, an official said on Wednesday.
The West Asia conflict has affected energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. India remains heavily dependent on the Gulf region, where the war has entered its second month, for its oil supplies.
Goa's Secretary of Civil Supplies Department Sanjiv Gadkar told PTI on Wednesday that the supply of domestic cylinders is normal across the state.
"There is no issue of domestic LPG supply. Those customers who have booked the cylinders are getting it on time. The state government is taking steps to ease the situation arising out of the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders," he said.
But there are certain issues with commercial LPG cylinders that are currently being addressed, according to him.
Commercial establishments have been given 20 per cent of their quota of the commercial LPG cylinders, with the state government announcing that the quota would be increased to total 40 per cent once they apply for Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections.
Gadkar said the state government was strictly following the guidelines of the central government, wherein the commercial establishments have to apply for the PNG.
Although PNG connections are not available all over Goa, the talukas of Tiswadi, Ponda, Salcette and Mormugao has the supply of this gas.
"Even if PNG supply is not available, commercial establishments can still avail of the 40 per cent quota once they complete the required application formalities," he said.
Gadkar said that many commercial establishments are facing problems as they had not registered with the LPG dealers.
"They used to source commercial LPG from third parties. Now, we have made it mandatory for them to register with the dealers," he said.
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BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
