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NEW DELHI: Domestic cooking state volition outgo Rs 60 much per cylinder from Saturday portion commercialized LPG terms roseate by Rs 114.5, amid unit connected planetary vigor markets and rising costs owed to the West Asia conflict, reports Atul Mathur.The 14.2-kg home LPG cylinder present costs Rs 913 successful the capital.Officials said determination volition beryllium nary revision successful the retail terms of petrol and diesel, arsenic lipid selling companies (OMCs) person capable cushion to sorb the emergence successful planetary crude prices.LPG cylinder price was past hiked by Rs 50 successful April 2025The terms of a 19-kg commercialized cylinder is Rs 1,883. Ujjwala beneficiaries, who person a subsidy of Rs 300 per cylinder straight successful their slope accounts, volition present wage Rs 613 per bottle.
The terms was past accrued by Rs 50 past April. Prices of commercialized cylinders, utilized by hotels and restaurants, are revised monthly based connected planetary substance costs. They were past hiked by Rs 28 per 19-kg cylinder connected March 1 and person risen by Rs 302.5 successful the past 3 months from Rs 1,580.5 successful Dec 2025. The improvement comes a time aft the authorities invoked exigency powers nether the Emergency Commodities Act of 1955 and directed refiners to summation accumulation of liquefied petroleum state (LPG) for home customers owed to proviso constraints arising from the ongoing West Asia conflict.
India imports implicit 60% of its LPG request and astir 85-90% of shipments walk done the Strait of Hormuz, which is presently disrupted, curtailing vigor flows from the portion and triggering a spike successful planetary lipid and state prices. India has implicit 33.3 crore LPG consumers, including 10.5 crore Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries who get a subsidy of Rs 300 per cylinder. In 2024-25, the state consumed 31.3 cardinal tonne of LPG, of which lone 12.8 cardinal tonne were produced domestically.Officials said the govt has ever tried to shield households from planetary volatility. Domestic LPG prices are linked to planetary benchmarks specified arsenic the Saudi Contract Price (CP). Even arsenic the Saudi CP benchmark roseate 16% betwixt Nov 2025 and Feb 2026, home LPG prices remained unchanged. Despite the latest revision, home LPG prices stay beneath the market-determined terms of Rs 987 for a 14.2-kg cylinder successful Delhi successful March 2026, they said.Officials said the 3 state-owned OMCs — Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum — absorbed losses of astir Rs 39,000 crore successful 2024-25 to support home LPG consumers. Govt compensated Rs 30,000 crore to them.“The interaction of the hike translates to astir 80 paise per time for a household of four, oregon conscionable 20 paise per person, assuming an mean depletion of 4-5 cylinders per household annually,” a govt authoritative said, adding that LPG successful India remains cheaper than successful galore countries. A cylinder costs Rs 1,207 successful Kathmandu, Rs 1,241 successful Sri Lanka and Rs 1,046 successful Pakistan, the authoritative said. Retail petrol and diesel prices were past revised successful April 2022. OMCs sorb losses erstwhile crude prices are precocious and marque profits erstwhile rates are low.
