The government has put on hold the 26 rupees 50 paise increase in price of cooking gas cylinders that consumers buy beyond their quota of six subsidised cylinders. Official sources in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas confirmed that the oil marketing companies will review the decision to increase the price of subsidised cylinders today and issue a new order in this regard.
The official added there is no change in the decision to hike the price of commercial LPG cylinders.
Earlier, the price of LPG cylinders, which consumers buy beyond the cheaper quota of six bottles, was hiked by 26 rupees 50 paise per unit on firming international rates. The government had in September restricted the supply of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders to six per household in a year.