LPG Price Hike: Cooking Gas LPG Price Hiked By Rs. 50 Per Cylinder

On Monday, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced that the cooking gas price has been hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder. The gas price has been increased for both Ujwalla and general category customers, the minister added.

Harshdeep Singh Puri said, "The price of the 14.2-kg LPG cylinder will increase by ₹50. From 500, it will go up to 550 (for PMUY beneficiaries), and for others, it will go up from ₹803 to ₹853.”

"This is a step that we will review as we go along. We review these every 2-3 weeks. Therefore, the excise duty that you have seen increase is not to go on to the consumer on petrol and diesel," he added.

This comes after the government increased excise duty by Rs 2 each on petrol and diesel. According to a notification released by the Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance, the excise duty on petrol was increased to Rs 13 per litre and that on diesel to Rs 10.

However, the Union Minister for Petroleum addressed the previous notifications about the increased rate for petrol and diesel. "Let me clarify upfront on the record: this will not be passed on to the consumer," he said.