Centre Hikes Commercial LPG Prices By Over Rs 100, To Be Sold At Rs 1833 In Delhi. Check Details

The Central authorities has elevated the worth of business LPG cylinders almost ten days earlier than Diwali by Rs 101. Based on the Indian Oil web site, 19-kg cylinders will now be bought in Delhi for Rs 1,833 from the earlier value of Rs 1,731.50. The present value in Kolkata is Rs 1,943.00, in Mumbai Rs 1,785.50 and in Chennai Rs 1,999.50. Nonetheless, there was no change within the value of home fuel cylinders.

The home LPG value stays the identical with a fee of Rs 903 in Delhi, Rs 929 in Kolkata, Rs 902 in Mumbai and Rs 918 in Chennai. The choice comes simply eleven days earlier than Diwali (Nov 12).

VIDEO | The worth of business LPG cylinders has been hiked by Rs 101.50 throughout the nation, efficient instantly.

Now a 19kg industrial LPG cylinder will price Rs 1,785.50 in Mumbai, the most affordable among the many 4 metros. The worth in Chennai would be the dearest, at Rs 1,999.50.… pic.twitter.com/BTGuw1XLaT

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This comes almost a month after the federal government introduced a rise within the subsidy quantity on LPG cylinders from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per cylinder. This resolution was revealed throughout a Cupboard resolution briefing. “The federal government has elevated the subsidy quantity for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per LPG cylinder,” Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur mentioned. 

Ujjwala recipients, who had been earlier paying Rs 703 per 14.2-kg cylinder, at the moment are paying Rs 603 on account of the Union Cupboard’s resolution.

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), also called the Ujjwala Yojana, is a social welfare programme that was launched in Could 2016. The first objective of the Ujjwala scheme is to offer girls in households that depend on conventional and unhealthy cooking strategies similar to burning wooden, coal, or biomass with entry to wash cooking gasoline.

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