LPG prices today, 9 June: How much does domestic and commercial cylinder cost in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
India has raised domestic LPG cylinder prices by ₹29 per unit with effect from 7 June, lifting the cost of a 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder
India has raised domestic LPG cylinder prices by ₹29 per unit with effect from 7 June, lifting the cost of a 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder to ₹942 in Delhi and ₹968 in Kolkata, the second upward revision in under three months as oil marketing companies continue to absorb steep losses on every cylinder sold. The latest revision follows a ₹60-per-cylinder increase on 7 March, meaning household cooking gas has risen by ₹89 in total since the start of that month. Despite the back-to-back increases, the government maintains that consumers across categories remain heavily subsidised relative to the actual cost of supply. City-wise LPG cylinder prices today: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru rates The revised prices for a 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder across major cities, effective 7 June, are as follows Delhi: ₹942 Mumbai: ₹941.50 Kolkata: ₹968 Hyderabad: ₹994 Bengaluru: ₹944.50 CHECK LPG PRICES IN YOUR CITY TODAY Prices vary across cities on account of differences in local taxes, transportation costs, and state levies applied on top of the base rate set by oil marketing companies. Government says LPG consumers still receive ₹ 700 to ₹ 1,000 in indirect subsidy per cylinder At an inter-ministerial press briefing on Monday, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Praveen Mal Khanooja, argued that the ₹29 revision should be viewed in the context of the substantial indirect subsidy that consumers continue to receive.
"Whether I'm a Ujjwala customer or a non-Ujjwala customer, I'm getting cylinder which should have costed ₹1,600, at ₹942, even if I'm a non-Ujjwala customer. Now in that case, that is also an indirect subsidy to the customer. Now over and above that, Ujjwala customers get ₹300 more. So overall, if you see, they are getting ₹1,000. The non-Ujjwala are also getting ₹700 a cylinder," Khanooja said. The effective cost of a 14.2-kg cylinder, benchmarked against Saudi Contract Price, currently stands at over ₹1,600, making the gap between the market rate and the consumer price a significant one by any measure. Oil marketing companies face under-recovery of ₹ 700 per LPG cylinder even after the June price hike The ₹29 revision has done little to close the financial gap facing India's oil marketing companies. Khanooja confirmed that OMC under-recovery on domestic LPG currently stands at around ₹700 per 14.2-kg cylinder, a level comparable to that which prompted the central government to compensate OMCs with ₹52,000 crore across FY23 and FY24. The ministry framed the ₹29 increase as a minimal burden on households. Khanooja calculated it as "a very minor hike" amounting to roughly ₹1 per day for a family consuming 12 cylinders a year, or 20 paisa per day per household member.
