The Centre has earmarked ₹32,989 crore as cooking gas subsidy for the financial year 2019-2020. Of this, ₹29,500 crore is for disbursal under the Direct Benefit Transfer for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy. Another ₹2,724 crore has been provisioned for LPG connections to poor households, and ₹674 crore is for an additional subsidy payable for the North-Eastern region.
