#PM to inaugurates #UrjaSangam in #VigyanBhawan, says Well-off people should give up #subsidised #LPG

 

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to the well off people to give up subsidised cooking gas, and expressed his government’s resolve to reduce dependence on energy imports by 10 per cent by 2022. Since the government started the new scheme of direct benefit transfer (DBT) for cooking gas, several persons opted out of the subsidy scheme.

Addressing the media, he said, “We need to be independent when it comes to providing our people with energy. Money we save from giving up LPG subsidy is the money we will use for the poor, so that they have access to clean energy too.”

He added, “People who don’t need LPG subsidy and are capable to manage without it should give it up. Join this movement, give up gas subsidy and create a record. The subsidy you will give up will benefit the poor.” Talking about development, he said, “If we want development, we need to be consistent and uniform for every state. In coming years we want 1 crore households to get a supply of gas via pipelines.”

He promised, “2022 will be 75th year of India’s independence, need to reach a height by then which justifies the sacrifices made by our freedom fighters. Corridors need to be developed between India and Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.”

 

Here are the highlights of the event:

• If we want development, we need to be consistent and uniform for every state: PM Modi
• In coming years we want 1 crore households to get a supply of gas via pipelines: PM Modi
• 2022 will be 75th yr of India’s independence, need to reach a height by then which justifies the sacrifices made by our freedom fighters: PM
• Corridors need to be developed between India and Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia: PM
• We need to be independent when it comes to providing our people with “energy”: PM Modi
• Money we save from giving up LPG subsidy is the money we will use for the poor, so that they have access to clean energy too: PM
• People who dont need LPG subsidy and are capable to manage without it should give it up: PM Modi
• Join this movement, give up gas subsidy and create a record. The subsidy you will give up will benefit the poor: PM

The event, ‘Urja Sangam 2015: Shaping India’s Energy Security’ will witness participation from Cabinet ministers, policy makers, global chief executives (CEOs) of energy firms and academia. The participants will “deliberate the contemporary challenges and opportunities of shaping the energy security of India in a rapidly changing energy landscape,” the government said in an official invitation.

Bureau Report