Bharatiya Janata Party · Delhi Legislative Assembly Election 2025
Last updated 5 Jun 2026
“We will provide LPG cylinders for ₹500 to women from poor families, and one free cylinder each on the occasion of Holi and Deepawali.”
Two-part promise. The festival component (a free cylinder each on Holi and Diwali) has been delivered: the Cabinet cleared the Free LPG Cylinder Scheme (₹242.77 crore/year) on 3 February 2026, and on 2 March 2026 President Droupadi Murmu launched it, with ₹853 per cylinder (₹553 for PMUY beneficiaries after the central ₹300 subsidy) credited via DBT to roughly 15.48 lakh ration-card families for Holi (about ₹129 crore). The separate pledge of LPG at ₹500 year-round for poor women is not yet operational — officials say beneficiary data and eligibility are still being finalised. Hence partial, pending the ₹500 component and recurring Diwali tranches.
President Droupadi Murmu launches the Free LPG Cylinder Scheme; ₹853 credited via DBT to ~15.48 lakh families for Holi (~₹129 crore).
View sourceOpposition presses BJP on the unfulfilled ₹500 / free-cylinder pledge for women.
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We will double the number of street vendor beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi scheme.
We will establish Atal Canteens in JJ clusters to provide nutritious meals at ₹5.
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