Increasing Price of Cooking Gas

Increasing Price of Cooking Gas

3173. SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV

SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is true that recently the price of 14 kg domestic gas cylinder has been increased to Rs.1053/- and in many states the price of domestic gas has reached upto Rs.1200/-;

(b) if so, the reasons for continuous hike in the prices of cooking gas by the Government;

(c) whether this step of the Government would put an additional burden on the general public;

(d) whether such an increase in the prices of gas by the Government in the time of high inflation would result in resentment among the people; and

(e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  roll  back  this  increase  in  the  prices  of  gas  with immediate effect and if so, the details thereof?

(SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (e): The prices of petroleum products in the  country are  linked  to  the  price  of respective products in the international market. LPG prices are based on Saudi Contract Prices (CP) and Saudi CP has risen from 236 $/MT in April 2020 to 750 $/MT in June 2022, a rise of 218%. However, Government continues to modulate the effective price to consumer for domestic LPG. In addition, the Government has announced a targeted subsidy of Rs. 200 per 14.2 Kg cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries for upto 12 refills for year 2022-23.

The details of current Retail Selling Price (RSP) of domestic LPG, state-wise are given at Annexure. 

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3173 asked by Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav and Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh to be answered on 04 AUGUST, 2022 regarding “Increasing Price of Cooking Gas”

S.No.	STATE/UT	REFERENCE MARKET	Effective Cost to Consumer for Domestic LPG (Rs./14.2 KG Cylinder)
1	DELHI	NEW DELHI	1053.00
2	WEST BENGAL	KOLKATA	1059.43
3	MAHARASHTRA	MUMBAI	1052.50
4	TAMIL NADU	CHENNAI	1043.55
5	TRIPURA	AGARTALA	1063.02
6	MIZORAM	AIZWAL	1060.36
7	HARYANA	AMBALA	1063.00
8	KARNATAKA	BANGALORE	1055.50
9	MADHYA PRADESH	BHOPAL	1058.50
10	ODISHA	BHUBANESWAR	1065.05
11	CHANDIGARH	CHANDIGARH	1053.71
12	UTTARAKHAND	DEHRADUN	1055.43
13	GUJARAT	GANDHINAGAR	1071.43
14	SIKKIM	GANGTOK	1062.05
15	ASSAM	GUWAHATI	1049.43
16	TELANGANA	HYDERABAD	1064.29
17	MANIPUR	IMPHAL	1071.76
18	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	ITANAGAR	1064.95
19	RAJASTHAN	JAIPUR	1056.50
20	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	JAMMU	1065.95
21	PUNJAB	JALANDHAR	1058.29
22	NAGALAND	KOHIMA	1065.71
23	UTTAR PRADESH	LUCKNOW	1055.33
24	GOA	PANJIM	1067.00
25	BIHAR	PATNA	1071.74
26	PUDUCHERRY	PUDUCHERRY	1035.76
27	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	PORT BLAIR	1065.07
28	CHHATISGARH	RAIPUR	1062.76
29	JHARKHAND	RANCHI	1072.74
30	MEGHALAYA	SHILLONG	1066.45
31	HIMACHAL PRADESH	SHIMLA	1065.67
32	KERALA	TRIVANDRUM	1062.00
33	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU	SILVASSA	1067.50
34	ANDHRA PRADESH	VISAKHAPATNAM	1057.05
35	LADAKH	LEH	1082.86

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)