6 cylinders a year - a curtailed happiness

The recent news of allowing 6 cooking gas cylinders in a year seems to defy some simple logics and advocates some big assumptions.Major assumption could be that a single cylinder would last for 2 months with an average Indian family of 5.How government of India would allow reductions on taxes and levies on luxury items but allow slapping of unnecessary curbs and additional taxes on daily use items. What is happening?