LPG prices hiked by Rs 16.50 per non-subsidised cylinder; ATF by 0.6%

NEW DELHI: State-run oil marketing companies increased prices of non-subsidised cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG) by Rs 16.50 per cylinder and aviation turbine fuel ( ATF) or jet fuel by over half aper cent as global crude prices surged on the back of Iraq crisis.

A non-subsidised LPG cylinder, which customers buy after using their quota of 12 subsidised cylinders in a year, will nowcost Rs 922.50 in Delhi, up from Rs 906, according to Indian Oil Corp.

The company said losses on LPG have risen to Rs 449 per subsidised cylinder from Rs 432.71 in the previous month.

The loss was Rs 762.50 in January.

A14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder will nowcost Rs 966 in Kolkata, Rs 949.50 in Mumbai and Rs 924 in Chennai.