the use of subsidised lpg however not all business houses are asking their employees to give up the subsidy a leading industrialist on condition of anonymity told toi i have never claimed any lpg subsidy but the idea of asking employees to give up lpg subsidy is like forcing them to do so i am a citizen of india and so are they employees can voluntarily give up subsidy if they want to but i wont ask them to the subsidy burden to the indian government was more than rs 40000 crore in 201314 in the 201516 budget estimates the petroleum subsidy had been halved to rs 30000 crore of this rs 22000 crore has been earmarked for the lpg subsidy while the rest is for kerosene the surrendered subsidy will be given to a new consumer this will reduce the indian governments subsidy bill and help finances reach more poor households to be part of the giveitup campaign a written request has to be submitted to the distributor or an application has to be made on