LPG cylinder price up by Rs 15

New Delhi, October 6

Cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 15 per cylinder while petrol and diesel rates saw their steepest increase in recent weeks, pushing prices to all-time high levels across the country.

Rates of both subsidised and non-subsidised LPG were hiked, taking the total increase in rates since July to Rs 90 per 14.2-kg cylinder.

Cooking gas now costs Rs 899.50 per cylinder in Delhi and Mumbai, and Rs 926 in Kolkata, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

The government has through periodic increases eliminated subsidies on LPG in most cities. Domestic kitchens, who are entitled to 12 cylinders at subsidised rates in a year, and Ujjwala beneficiaries, who got free connections, now pay the market price. — PTI