Ujjwala cylinder hiked from Rs. 500 to Rs. 550; General users’ cylinder price increased from Rs. 803 to Rs. 853

New Delhi, Apr. 9 (Agencies)- The price of cooking gas or domestic LPG cylinder has been hiked by Rs. 50 per cylinder, Union Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday. The price has been increased for both subsidised and general category customers.

Cooking gas for Ujjwala users — poor beneficiaries who get LPG connection free of cost — will cost Rs. 553 per 14.2-kg cylinder from the current Rs. 503 in the national capital. The same for general users will now cost Rs. 853 as against Rs. 803 earlier.

The Government has also raised its excise duty on petrol and diesel. However, the hike would not be passed on to consumers and would be borne by oil marketing companies.

The excise duty on petrol was hiked to Rs. 13 per litre and that on diesel to Rs. 10 a litre, an official order showed. The increase in duties will “come into force on Apr. 8, 2025, ” it said.