LPG price cut- Commercial cylinder prices slashed by Rs 171

LPG price cut: Commercial cylinder prices slashed by Rs 171.5 per unit; cooking gas gets cheaper in Delhi, Mumbai

The prices of commercial LPG cylinders have been slashed today by Rs 171.5, according to reports. Now the retail price of a 19 kg LPG cylinder in Delhi stands at Rs 1,856.50. In April also the prices were reduced by Rs 91.5 to Rs 2,028 per unit. The commercial LPG cylinder in Kolkata will now cost Rs 1960.5 as compared to Rs 2132, which was charged earlier. The LPG cylinder price in Mumbai will cost Rs 1808 from the earlier Rs 1980. In Chennai, it will now cost Rs 2021 from Rs 2192.

On March 1, petroleum and oil marketing companies hiked the prices of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 350.50 per unit and domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 50 per unit. The rates of the commercial cylinders were last time slashed on September 1 by Rs 91.50. Before that on August 1, the prices of commercial cylinders were reduced by Rs 36 and on July 6, rates for the 19-kilogram commercial cylinder were cut by Rs 8.5 per unit.