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19 kg commercial LPG cylinders to cost Rs 198 lesser in Delhi

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New Delhi, July 01: The prices of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders have been reduced by Rs 198 per cylinder in Delhi. The new pricing would come into effect from today, July 1.

The commercial cooking gas will now cost Rs 2,021 as opposed to the earlier 2,219 for a 19 kg cylinder. Earlier the cost of a commercial LPG cylinder was cut by Rs 135.

19 kg commercial LPG cylinders to cost Rs 198 lesser in Delhi

This was the first reduction after 10 rounds of price increases this year. Rates were hiked by Rs 6,188.25 per kl, or 5.29 per cent, on May 16, to a record high level of Rs 1,23,039.71 per kl.

Commercial LPG rates were reduced to Rs 2,219 per 19-kg cylinder, from Rs 2,354, the notification showed.

Prior to the cut, rates of commercial LPG had risen by Rs 355.5 per cylinder this year.

However, prices of cooking gas LPG used in households remained unchanged at Rs 1,003 per 14.2-kg cylinder. Rates had been hiked by Rs 3.50 a cylinder on May 19. Prior to that prices were hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder on March 22 and again by the same quantum on May 7.

Since April 2021, domestic LPG prices have risen by Rs 193.5 per cylinder.

Meanwhile, petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged at Rs 96.72 per litre and Rs 89.62 a litre respectively. An excise duty cut by the government had helped reduce petrol by Rs 8.69 a litre and diesel by Rs 7.05 per litre on May 22 but for that, the base price has remained unchanged since April 6.

Prior to that, prices had risen by a record Rs 10 per litre each.

Retail price of petrol, diesel and domestic cooking gas was way below the cost and so the softening in benchmark prices is being used to set off those losses.

Jet fuel prices are revised on the 1st and 16th of every month, while petrol and diesel rates are revised daily, based on equivalent rates in the international market.

ATF in Mumbai now costs Rs 120,306.99 per kl, while it is priced at Rs 126,369.98 in Kolkata and Rs 125,725.36 in Chennai.

Rates differ from state to state, depending on the incidence of local taxation.

Fuel rates have been on the rise in India because energy prices globally have risen on the back of supply concerns following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demand returning after being hit by the pandemic. India is 85 per cent dependent on imports to meet its oil needs.

While oil prices have eased from a near 14-year high of USD 140 per barrel, it continues to trade above USD 100. On Wednesday, Brent - the world's most used benchmark - was trading at USD 117.07 per barrel.

To compound things, the rupee has depreciated against the US dollar, making imports costlier.

(With PTI inputs)

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