LPG cylinder price: Price of commercial LPG cylinders reduced
LPG cylinder price: Hours before finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022, the National oil marketing companies on Tuesday released the prices of the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder.
The OMC's reduced commercial the price of commercial 19 kg LPG cylinder by ₹91.50, which is effective from Tuesday, the news agency ANI reported. The commercial cylinder will now cost ₹1,907 in Delhi, ANI further reported.
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In view of the upcoming Assembly elections 2022 in five states, the Centre continued the relief in the LPG cylinder price. It comes when the prices of crude oil are skyrocketing at the international level.
On February 1, the rate of non-subsidised (14.2 kg) Indane domestic cylinder in Delhi is Rs 899.50 while the people of Kolkata will get a domestic LPG cylinder of 14.2 kg for Rs 926. In Mumbai, the price of a non-subsidised LPG cylinder will be the same as in Delhi, while in Chennai it will cost Rs 915.50.
Meanwhile, there has been no change in the price of non-subsidised domestic LPG cylinders since October. Likewise, the rates of petrol and diesel are stable since November.
The assembly elections will be held in five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. The voting will be held from February 10 to March 7 while the results will be declared on March 10.
Earlier on January 1, the OMCs had slashed the prices of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder cost by Rs 102.50 but it was still above Rs 2,000.
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