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State-owned oil marketing companies increased the rates of non-subsidised LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) or cooking gas cylinders in four metros, including Delhi, drawing sharp reactions from Opposition leaders.
This is the sixth hike in LPG cylinder prices in the past few months. The new rates are effective from Wednesday, 12 February.
According to state-owned Indian Oil, which supplies over 30 lakh cylinders across India every day, the price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder in each of the four metros is:
According to Indian Oil data, the prices of 19-kilogram cylinders were revised upwards to Rs 1,466.00 per unit in Delhi and Rs 1,540.50 in Mumbai, from Rs 1,241.00 and Rs 1,190.00 respectively.
Reacting to the hike, Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, "Modiji increased the price of LPG cylinder by Rs 144. Cooking gas price price has been increased by Rs 200 in 1 year from 2019-2020."
"While talking about current, they have struck the pockets of the public with current," he tweeted in an apparent reference to Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks during the Delhi polls campaign.
Meanwhile, BSP chief Mayawati also attacked the Centre over the steep price hike, calling it a "cruel step" against the poor. She said the move will hit crores of poor and hard-working people who are already facing "severe inflation".
"It would have been better had the Centre worked as a welfare state as embodied in the Constitution," she tweeted in Hindi.
Currently, the central government provides 12 cylinders of 14.2 kilograms per year on subsidised rates to each household. The consumer has to make any additional purchases at the market price.
With increase in foreign rates, GST on LPG is calculated on market price changes.
(With inputs from Business Today, NDTV Profit and Livemint)
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