6,000 PNG users surrender LPG connections after govt revises rule amid Iran warThe government has mandated households with piped natural gas (PNG) to surrender their subsidized domestic LPG connections, with 6,000 user...
29 Mar, 2026, 07.25 PM IST
LPG Price hike: Commercial cylinders to cost Rs 266 moreA 19 kg LPG cylinder in Delhi, which used to cost Rs 1734, will now cost Rs 2000.50 after the hike. In Mumbai, a commercial LPG cylinder no...
01 Nov, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
LPG cylinder prices hiked second time in 15 daysThe price of LPG was recently hiked by oil companies. A 14.2 kg cylinder of domestic non-subsidized cooking gas is now at 884.5 rupees in t...
01 Sep, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Oil marketing companies sell 5-kg LPG cylinder at Rs 150According to the government’s policy, in a year a customer is entitled to consume 12 LPG cylinders of 14.2-kg each at subsidized rate.
09 Dec, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
Delhi leads in surrendering LPG subsidyOver 3,200 consumers of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL have signed up so far for surrendering LPG subsidy , and 650 of them are from Delhi.
21 Aug, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
35 more districts come under direct transfer of LPG subsidyThis will add about 1.4 crore LPG consumers to 2.12 crore already being covered by the scheme.
12 Aug, 2013, 06.08 PM IST
LPG use in country falls due to cap on subsidized cylindersA tight vigil against diversion of subsidized fuel meant for domestic use seems to be paying off.
22 Jun, 2013, 09.28 AM IST
Moily launches Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG in KarnatakaMinister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, M Veerappa Moily formally launched the direct benefit transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme today at Tumkur
01 Jun, 2013, 05.26 PM IST
LPG Prices raised, sold at Rs 410.4/cylinderThe increase in LPG prices followed the government's decision to limit the supply of subsidized cylinders to six in a year for each househo...
15 Nov, 2012, 06.34 PM IST
Non-subsidized LPG refill at Rs 883, set to go up furtherGoing forward the consumers will have to pay more than double the subsidised cooking gas prices as the government has restricted the supply...
04 Oct, 2012, 05.31 AM IST
Get ready to pay 17% more for cylinders as oil firms hike non-subsidized cooking gas pricesConsumers in Delhi will now have to cough up 17% extra for non-subsidized cooking gas cylinder as oil firms have increased prices to around...
03 Oct, 2012, 10.36 AM IST
Multiple gas connections to attract penal actionOil marketing firms have decided to initiate penal action against users of PNG who also own LPG connections.
19 Sep, 2012, 07.49 AM IST
Government mulls tweaking LPG cylinder cap from 6 to 9Food Minister K V Thomas had yesterday written a letter to the PM saying that the move to cap the number of subsidised LPG cylinders "will ...
18 Sep, 2012, 11.19 PM IST
Diesel price hiked by Rs 5/litre; petrol, kerosene sparedThe government, which has been facing criticism of policy paralysis, had last hiked the price of diesel by Rs 3 a litre in June last year.
13 Sep, 2012, 11.27 PM IST
- Government restricts supply of subsidised cooking gas to 6 cylinders per household
The number of subsidized LPG cylinders available to each consumer in the remaining part of the current financial year will be 3 cylinders.
13 Sep, 2012, 10.42 PM IST
- Government looking at LPG subsidy cut, partial decontrol of diesel
Govt is to take a decision on capping the number of subsidized LPG cylinders to economically not weaker sections to bring down the subsidie...
18 Jul, 2012, 06.53 PM IST
- Nilekani panel wants cap on subsidized LPG for households
The Nandan Nilekani-headed task force set up to work out modalities for direct transfer of subsidy has suggested a cap on consumption of su...
06 Jul, 2011, 04.35 AM IST