CNG price hiked by Rs 2.5 per kg, check new rates

In more pinch for consumers, the price of CNG in Delhi has been hiked by Rs 2.5 per kg to Rs 66.62 per kg, taking the total increase in gas price since April 1 to about Rs 6.6 per kilogram.

The last hike, of Rs 2.5 per kg, was done on April 4.

For consumers in Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida, CNG will now cost Rs 69.18 per kg, while in Gurugram, it will cost Rs 74.94 per kg.


The increase comes on the back another petrol hike of 80 paise today, which takes the total increase in rates in 16 days to Rs 10 per litre.




Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, petrol prices in India have gone up by merely 5 per cent as against over 50 per cent in some of the developed countries.

Citing figures, the minister said the increase in prices of petrol was very low in India as compared to developed and other developing nations in the aftermath of the war. He said petrol prices have gone up by over 50 per cent in countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, and Sri Lanka. In case of India the increase worked out to be only 5 per cent.