People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 01
January 05, 2014
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Vol. XXXVIII
No. 01 January 05, 2014 |
Gas
Price Hike: Intolerable Burden
The
Polit Bureau of the
Communist Party of
THE
price hike of Rs 220
on an unsubsidised gas cylinder by the oil companies is
totally unjustified and
will be an intolerable burden on people already suffering
from price rise. Since
there is a ceiling on subsidised
cylinders at nine, people have to now buy gas cylinders at
exorbitant prices.
Further,
the insistence of
the oil companies that Aadhar identification number is
required for getting
subsidised gas cylinders is illegal and unauthorised. It is
another way to
deprive households of access to gas cylinders. It goes
against the Supreme
Court’s judgement to keep the Aadhar use in abeyance till a
final verdict.
The
union government
should immediately step in to stop this linkage of supply of
subsidised gas
cylinders with Aadhar.
