Hyderabad: LPG companies are sending messages to consumers with incomes of more than Rs 10 lakh per annum that their subsidies will be cancelled. Many consumers in Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh have been receiving SMS stating: “Since your income is above Rs 10 lakh, LPG subsidy is not admissible as per government’s directive. Please submit a declaration to the distributor if your income is below Rs 10 lakh.”
However, apart from business persons, even consumers who are below the poverty line are getting these messages, leading to widespread confusion.
Regional manager of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Madhukar Ingole told this newspaper that the Income-Tax department had not shared any information with them.
“Those whose income is more than Rs 10 lakh have already given up their subsidy. We have been insisting to all consumers to submit a declaration if their income is below Rs 10 lakh. Some consumers have responded and many are yet to submit declarations. We are considering those consumers who have not submitted declarations as having incomes above Rs 10 lakh and are sending the messages,” he said.
He advised all consumers to log-in to the website of their LPG company, like HPCL, BPCL and IOCL, for submitting declarations or to visit their LPG dealer and submit offline declarations.
