RAJASTHAN: As many as 14,00,000 families of Rajasthan will get subsidies worth Rs.640 each under Indira Gandhi Gas Cylinder Subsidy Scheme today, June 5, the state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said.

The scheme comes under his announcement for giving LPG gas cylinders for Rs 500 each, he said. Each family will get Rs 640 under the scheme. Nearly 80 lakh such families are entitled under the scheme in Rajasthan. "However, we are yet to get the right figures from the central government in this context," the Chief Minister asserted, adding that "We have collected information at our level to provide subsidies to eligible families under the scheme."  

The Chief Minsiter made the announcement on June 4, when he was on a a day-long visit to Jodhpur for the inauguration of developmental works worth over Rs 1,000 crore.

During his Ajmer visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ajmer but did not speak on Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project. "But he should have said about our ambitious scheme," said Chief Minister Gehlot. Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project aims to provide drinking and irrigation water for 13 districts, including Alwar.

60 crore rupees will come in the bank accounts of 14 lakh families: Gehlot government