India’s LPG cooking gas subsidy reform: Lessons for policymakers in reducing costs and building acceptance for reform

• by Caroline Pulver, Arshi Aadil, Anurodh Giri and Mitul Thapliyal
• Oct 5, 2020
• 1 min
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This policy brief summarizes the reforms India introduced to streamline, digitize, and transform cooking gas subsidy from an in-kind to a cash transfer program.

The publication discusses lessons and insights from MSC’s comprehensive evaluation studies on major LPG subsidy programs including PAHAL (DBTL) and PMUY. It summarizes India’s reforms to streamline, digitize, and transform cooking gas subsidy from an in-kind to a cash transfer program. The publication also highlights key lessons for policymakers to reduce the government’s subsidy burden. It builds on the G2P digitization framework and expands on the importance of institutional and ecosystem readiness and the usage journey of recipients for successful reforms.