LPG Price Hike: Cooking Gas Cylinders Get Costlier From Today. Check Latest Rates

In Mumbai, consumers have to shell out Rs 1,052.50 instead of Rs 1002.50 per cylinder while in Kolkata, a consumer will have to pay Rs 1,079 instead of Rs 1,029 for a 14-kg cylinder.

The common man will have to shell out more for an LPG cylinder from Wednesday as oil marketing companies (OMCs) increased the price of 14.2 kg LPG cylinder by Rs 50. Domestic LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 1,053 in Delhi, according to news agency ANI. The OMCs also increased 5 kg domestic cylinder price by Rs 18 per cylinder. However the price of 19 kg commercial cylinder decreased by Rs 8.50.

In Mumbai, consumers have to shell out Rs 1,052.50 instead of Rs 1002.50 per cylinder while in Kolkata, a consumer will have to pay Rs 1,079 instead of Rs 1,029 for a 14-kg cylinder. In Chennai, a customer will have to spend Rs 1068.50 in place of  Rs 1,058.50 earlier.

Earlier, on May 7, the price of domestic cylinder was hiked by Rs 50. A few days later, on May 19 it was again increased by Rs 3.

The development comes after the price of commercial 19 kg LPG cylinder was slashed by Rs 198 in Delhi last week. The latest price hike of 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinder will put pressure on the household budget.

In the last one year, the rate of domestic LPG (LPG) cylinders in Delhi has increased from Rs 834.50 to Rs 1003. The increase in the prices of both domestic and commercial LPG cylinder in recent months has attracted criticism from the opposition parties.