Deadly Smoke Set to Return as India Cuts Outlays On LPG Fuel Program

A woman prepares tea with a stove connected to an Indian Oil Corp. Indane brand liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder at a village home in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Provisions for LPG cooking fuel subsidies, launched in 2016 by the Modi government offering cash rebates for purchasing an LPG connection and a loan for the first canister of the fuel and stove, were halved in the federal budget for the fiscal year ending March 2022 to 124.8 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) from 255 billion rupees a year earlier. Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg via Getty Images