A one-time grant of Rs 22,000 crore will be extended by the government to three state-owned fuel retailers to cover for the losses they incurred on selling domestic cooking gas LPG below cost in the last two years, I&B minister Anurag Thakur said here on Wednesday.
The Union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the one-time grant to three oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), Thakur told reporters.
The grant will be for covering the losses they incurred on selling LPG below cost to consumers from June 2020 to June 2022.
