LPG cylinder rates revised on 1st April; Check cooking gas prices city-wise

Digital Desk: The pricing of LPG gas cylinders has changed as of today, the first day of the fiscal year 2024. On April 1st, the prices of cooking gas have been reduced by around Rs 92. 

However, only customers of commercial gas cylinders are eligible for the rate decrease. For consumers of residential LPG gas, there has been no change in pricing. 14.2 kg gas cylinder prices are the same as they were last month. The price of home cooking gas was increased by Rs 50 last month by the Centre.

Interestingly, the government increased the cost of the commercial gas cylinder by 350 in March; however, as of this Saturday, the cost has decreased by 92.

 

Prices of Indane gas cylinder (19 kg cylinder):

Delhi: ₹2028

Kolkata: ₹2132

Mumbai: ₹1980

Chennai: ₹2192.50

Prices of domestic gas cylinders: 1st April 2023

Srinagar: ₹1,219

Delhi: 1,103

Patna: 1,202

Leh: 1,340

Aizawl: 1255

Andaman: 1179

Ahmedabad: 1110

Bhopal: 1118.5

Jaipur: 1116.5

Bangalore: 1115.5

Mumbai: 1112.5

Kanyakumari: 1187

Ranchi: 1160.5

Shimla: 1147.5

Dibrugarh: 1145

Lucknow: 1140.5

Udaipur: 1132.5

Indore: 1131

Kolkata: 1129

Dehradun: 1122

Visakhapatnam: 1111

Chennai: 1118.5

Agra: 1115.5

Chandigarh: 1112.5

In contrast to home LPG cylinders, the cost of commercial gas is always changing. A 19-kilogramme commercial gas cylinder cost Rs. 2,253 in Delhi as of April 1, 2022.

And as of right now, the costs have dropped to Rs 2,028. Only in Delhi have the prices for commercial petrol cylinders decreased by Rs. 225 in the last year.

Separately, the government declared that recipients of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) programme will receive a discount on home LPG petrol cylinders.

Anurag Thakur, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, stated last month that each 14.2 kg LPG gas cylinder will receive a subsidy of 200 rupees annually for the 9.59 crore Ujjwala Yojana recipients. The Centre has set a 12-time annual maximum for refills.