LPG cylinder price on fire, gets costlier by RS 25, third hike in a month

New Delhi: The oil marketing companies on Thursday once again hiked the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) domestic gas cylinder by ₹25 per cylinder making a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder to now cost ₹794 in the national capital. The fresh hike in LPG gas cylinders comes for the third time this month.

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Earlier, the cost was increased by ₹50 (costed: Rs 769) on February 15 and before that on February 4 by ₹25 (costed: Rs 719).

In India, the state run oil companies are authorised to determine the price of LPG gas cylinder which is revised on a monthly basis and is highly affected by the international fuels rates.

The cost of the LPG can fluctuate depending upon the changes in US Dollar-Indian Rupee exchange rate.

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