Cooking gas prices up by ₹50 per cylinder, commercial LPG rate slashed
Indian households using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking have to pay ₹50 more for a 14.2 kg cylinder as state-run firms raised its price to ₹1,053 per refill in New Delhi from Wednesday even as the rate of commercial LPG has been slashed by ₹206.50 per 19 kg cylinder.
The price of domestic LPG — used by over 305 million households for cooking — on Wednesday jumped from ₹1,003 per 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi after remaining the same for almost one-and-a-half months.
Prices of cooking gas vary across the country based on local levies and transportation costs. Its cost in Kolkata is now ₹1,079 per 14.2 kg cylinder, ₹1,052.50 in Mumbai, and ₹1,068.50 in Chennai.
