Friday, 1 September 2017

LPG prices by Rs 7 per cylinder; ATF increased by 4%!



Cylinders to now cost Rs 487.18 in Delhi; aviation turbine fuel to cost Rs 50,020 per km!

Subsidised cooking gas (LPG) price was on Friday raised by over Rs 7 per cylinder, in line with the government's decision to hike every month so that all subsidies are eliminated by the end of this financial year.

A subsidised 14.2-kg LPG cylinder now costs Rs 487.18 in as against Rs 479.77 previously, according to Indian Corporation, the nation's largest fuel retailer.

Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had on July 31 told the that the had asked state-owned companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 4 per cylinder every month to eliminate all the subsidies by March next year.

Rates were, however, raised by Rs 2.31 per cylinder on the previous due date on August 1 and the companies have effected a larger hike to equalise that, sources said.

Since the implementation of the policy of monthly increases of Rs 2 from July last year, subsidised LPG rates have gone up by over Rs 68 per cylinder. A 14.2-kg LPG cylinder was priced at Rs 419.18 in June 2016.
Source:economictimes

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