LPG price revision: With this latest reduction, a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder will cost Rs 1,976, instead of Rs 2012.50 in Delhi. In Kolkata, instead of Rs 2132, commercial LPG will be available for Rs 2,095.50.
The Centre on Wednesday hiked the rate of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by Rs 50 per cylinder, the third increase in rates since May.
LPG price hike: The price of a 5kg domestic cylinder will increase by Rs 18 per cylinder. Domestic LPG will now cost Rs 1053 in Delhi. Meanwhile, the price of a 19kg commercial cylinder has been cut down by Rs 8.5 per cylinder.
After the revision of rates, a 14.2kg LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 1003 in Delhi. In Kolkata, the rates have been revised to Rs 1029 per cylinder, and in Chennai a cylinder will cost Rs 1018.5 after the rate hike.
Due to the rise in international energy prices, government hikes domestic LPG cylinder price by Rs 50.
Cooking gas price hike, LPG cylinder price hike: Restaurants, eateries, tea stalls and others constitute the largest user segment of the 19 kg cylinder.
Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre each while domestic cooking gas LPG rates were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder.
Sources said a 5 KG LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 349 while the 10 kg composite bottle will come for Rs 669.
The development vehicle of PM Narendra Modi is in the "reverse gear", he said.
After this hike, the commercial cylinder price in Delhi crossed the ₹2,000 mark
The state-run oil companies decide the price of LPG gas cylinders. The price is affected by international fuels rates.
A day after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked the government on the issue of inflation and rise in fuel prices, the party's frontal organizations -- youth and women wings -- on Thursday held protests against the government on the issue in New Delhi.
The Congress party has been attacking the govt over the rise in petrol, diesel and LPG prices and has been demanding reduction in them by removing some of the taxes imposed by the central govt.
Petroleum companies have increased the price of domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 25, taking the price of a non-subsidized 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi to Rs 884.50. The new rates are effective from today. Accordingly, the price of the 19-kg commercial cylinder has also been increased by Rs 75. It will now cost Rs 1,693 in Delhi.
Domestic LPG cylinder has been hiked by Rs 25, taking the price of a non-subsidized 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi to Rs 884.50. The new rates are effective from today.
LPG Cylinder Price Hiked: In Mumbai too, the rate of 14.2 kg LPG cylinder is now Rs 859.5, whereas for an #LPGCylinder in Chennai from today you will have to pay Rs 875.50.
LPG Price Hike Today: Oil marketing companies have hiked the prices of domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 25. A 14.2kg domestic cylinder will now cost Rs 834.50 in Delhi.
Faced with rising LPG prices, tea workers of Assam's Jorhat are facing trouble in refilling cylinders due to low wages and are forced to burn firewood again.
Price of domestic cooking gas, LPG has doubled to Rs 819 per cylinder in the last seven years while the increase in taxes on petrol and diesel has swelled collections by over 459 per cent, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday.
The poll fever in West Bengal is all set to go high on Sunday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in the state capital and the chief minister will hold a protest march in the northern part of the state.
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