Kathmandu. A decade ago, during the tenure of then Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and Chairman of the Election Council of Ministers Khilraj Regmi, a policy was introduced with much fanfare – a dual pricing system and cylinder classification for cooking gas.Plans were made to distribute red cylinders for the general public and blue cylinders for commercial establishments, create consumer cards, and provide subsidy refunds directly to bank accounts. However, the policy, promoted with the expenditure of millions of rupees, ultimately ‘flopped’ miserably due to lack of market monitoring, weak implementation, and policy ambiguity. The blue-colored LP gas cylinder for...