Amitabh Bachchan sets example, gives up LPG subsidy

<g data-gr-id="15">Heeding</g> to PM Modi's call, superstar Amitabh Bachchan has given up LPG subsidy and will from now on, buy cooking gas at market price. Bachchan is the latest to join the #GiveItUpMovement where users who can afford to pay market price, opt out of <g data-gr-id="11">scheme</g> to get LPG cylinders at subsidised rates.

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said "such a noble gesture by Shri Bachchan would surely inspire many others to join #GiveItUp, a movement committed to <g data-gr-id="10">bring</g> smiles to millions of poor households by providing them access to clean fuel (LPG)." As on date, more than 30 lakh people have surrendered their LPG subsidy in response to the appeal made by Modi on March 27.