Industries and Information and Public Relations Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, has thanked the Central Government for increasing the number of subsidized LPG cylinders from six to nine.

Agnihotri said that Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had promised the people of the State that his Government would take up the matter with Central Government for increasing the number of subsidized LPG cylinders to nine.

Industries Minister said that it was matter of happiness that Government had fulfilled this promise within 24 days after coming into power. He said that this would not only give relief to the people but also save the forest wealth of the State to a great extent.