A mother and her three children, including an 11-month-old child, died in the Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning due to a gas cylinder explosion, an official said.
Minister Puri said, "On International Women's Day PM Narendra Modi conveyed this significant decision of reducing LPG cylinders price by Rs 100. The decision has been taken to extend the subsidy for one year."
Reacting to the Centre's decision to reduce the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 on International Women's Day, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday called the decision a "political gimmick."
Adding to the Opposition barbs over the Centre's decision to reduce the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 on International Women's Day, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday called the move 'election-driven'.
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 per cylinder, Union Minister Nishith Pramanik on Friday said it was a 'gift' for the country's mothers, daughters and sisters on the occasion of International Women's Day.
"I thank PM Modi and the Government of India for the historic decision of Rs 100 cut in LPG cylinder price. This is a huge step for our Nari Shakti. Our government has also extended the Ujjawala scheme for a year," he said.
Chouhan, while speaking to ANI on Friday said that the decision taken by the Modi government on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri sends a message of women empowerment.
"Today, on the occasion of 'Women's Day', the decision to give a discount of Rs 100 on the prices of LPG cylinders will provide financial relief to crores of families and will also provide a healthy and happy life to the mother power by freeing them from smoke and pollution. On behalf of the
Nationalist Congress Party (SPawar) MP Supriya Sule, while speaking to ANI on Friday said that the decision to cut the LPG cylinder prices by Rs 100 is a 'political' move that has come as a 'compulsion' ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
At least five people of a family were killed and four others sustained injuries after the LPG cylinders exploded in Uttar Pradesh's Kakori region on Tuesday night.