A growing dispute between the Muzaffarabad administration and local gas dealers over cylinder prices is drawing public attention and raising concerns over both affordability and environmental impact.
Oil marketing companies have reduced the price of a 19 kg commercial LPG gas cylinder by Rs 33.50, with the revised rates coming into effect from Thursday.
While in Delhi, with the latest revision, the retail sale price of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder was set at Rs 1665, down from the previous rate. However, there was no change in the price of 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinders, which are widely used in households.
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday expressed surprise at the recent hike in LPG cylinder prices, questioning why the public is not getting the benefit of the fall in crude oil prices in the country.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday criticised the central government over the LPG cylinder price hike and said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is for only the rich and not the poor.
"There have been fuel prices hikes and LPG cylinder price hikes in the past by the BJP government at the Centre. Now, the toll prices have been hiked. The BJP never protests against these price rises," he said while speaking to reporters.
The rate of the widely used 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder has been increased by Rs 62, bringing the price in Delhi to Rs 1,802. Earlier the cost of commercial cylinder in the national capital was Rs 1,740.
The oil marketing companies on Tuesday announced a hike in the prices of commercial LPG gas cylinders, effective from today (October 1st), according to the sources.
Reacting to the Centre's decision to reduce the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 on International Women's Day, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday called the decision a "political gimmick."
Adding to the Opposition barbs over the Centre's decision to reduce the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 on International Women's Day, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday called the move 'election-driven'.