Urban households will shortly feel the pinch of rising prices
Sources told ANI that unauthorised agents or people involved in black marketing are also involved in refilling commercial cylinders through domestic cylinders
It will provide some relief to restaurants, eateries, tea stalls and others which constitute the largest user segment of the 19 kg cylinders
The price of LPG used in domestic kitchens remains unchanged at Rs 899.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder
In some relief for consumers on New Year, National Oil Marketing companies have slashed the prices of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder cost by Rs 102.50 effective from January 1, 2022.
The Centre continues to subsidise freight for domestic LPG deliveries in far-flung areas
The national oil marketing companies have increased the price of commercial 19kg LPG cylinder by Rs 100.50, taking the new price to Rs 2,101 in Delhi
Oil-marketing companies are moderating price of cooking gas in a bid to maintain affordability, harking back to the days when they were bearing subsidy burden of petro products
Now, the price of a non-subsidized 14.2 kg domestic cylinder in Delhi will be Rs 899.50, while the new rate of 5kg domestic cylinder stands at Rs 502
Centre assessing appropriate price at which subsidy should resume
This is the third consecutive hike in domestic cooking gas prices
In another hit to the wallet of the common man, oil marketing companies have raised the prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinders by Rs 25
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The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government over the hike in prices of LPG cylinders, accusing it of being insensitive and distorting the budget of every household. The party also displayed empty LPG cylinders and 'chulhas' at a press conference here to highlight the issue of steep LPG prices. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate urged the government to bring down prices of LPG cylinders to provide relief to the common people in the country. She said the government has initiated the very steep hike on LPG cylinders by raising it by Rs 25 per cylinder, which is now being sold at Rs 860 per cylinder in Delhi and is touching almost Rs 1000 in various parts of the country. "Our one and only demand is please bring some respite to people, think about the plight of people and bring down prices of LPG cylinders. This is anti-women and anti-people and due to high prices people are forced to go back to using cow dung and firewood," she told reporters. "We do hope that an insensiti
Priyanka Gandhi attacked the government over the issue of high prices of cooking gas and said govt give subsidy to the poor and reduce inflation
Need a new cooking gas (LPG) connection from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) - the nation's largest fuel retailer? Just give a missed call to 8454955555. Also, existing customers can book LPG refill by giving a missed call from a registered phone number. IOC Chairman S M Vaidya on Monday launched missed call facility for availing new LPG connection anywhere in the country, the company said in a statement. He also inaugurated the facility to avail double bottle connection (DBC) at the customer's doorstep. Under this initiative, delivery personnel will offer existing single bottle connections (SBC) customers the option to convert to a DBC. Interested customers can choose a 5 kg cylinder as backup instead of the regular 14.2 kg cylinder. "IOC has extended its missed call facility to avail new LPG connection to all domestic customers. Prospective customers across the country can give a missed call to 8454955555 to avail a new connection," it said. Presently, IOC is the only oil marketi
A 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder costs Rs 843.5 in the national Capital
The subsidy on LPG was done away with and what remained was some freight subsidy, which comes to Rs 20-30 a cylinder
This will offer relief to exploration companies that have found it hard to sustain profitability in the face of low domestic price
Prices were hiked thrice in February itself and then once on March 1.