In the second such increase since the West Asia conflict commenced late February, prices of domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) were hiked ₹29 per cylinder on Sunday (June 7, 2026) — taking the effective price to ₹942 per cylinder in Delhi.
The latest hike implied that price of the 14.2-kg cylinder — meant for domestic consumers have increased ₹89 per cylinder cumulatively since the conflict broke out.
Prices were last hiked by ₹60 per cylinder on March 7.
Other than domestic LPG, prices of commercial LPG and the 5-kg FTL were kept unaltered on Sunday (June 7, 2026).
Prices of the two cylinder variants have cumulatively increased ₹1,345 per cylinder and ₹323 per cylinder respectively across multiple tranches.
Explaining the current scenario, the government informed on Sunday (June 7, 2026) that India’s state-run oil-marketing companies were continuing to incur under-recoveries of about ₹700 on every domestic LPG cylinder at present.
It elaborated that had the present retail prices of domestic cylinders been in line with Saudi Contract Price in June, the cost of supplying the 14.2-kg cylinder — adhering to the import-linked pricing — would have been more than ₹1,600 per cylinder.
Thus, according to the government, the effective price of the first four Ujjwala cylinder being at ₹642 per cylinder and the non-Ujjwala cylinder at ₹942 per cylinder — reflects a discount of about 45% to the benchmark international prices.
“The effective Ujjwala price of the first four cylinder at ₹642 (per cylinder) is at a discount of about 60% to the actual international prices of an LPG cylinder, and the non-PMUY price of ₹942 (per cylinder) is at a discount of about 45% to the international price,” the statement read.
The conflict in West Asia and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz has directly impacted about 54% of India’s LPG consumption that utilised the route.
Seeking to ease off pressure on the bottled hydrocarbon gas, the government instituted multiple supply maintenance orders for commercial LPG, spanning across multiple tranches — increasing the allocation to 70% of requirements of the pre-crisis levels. This is inclusive of a 10% reform linked allocation for transitioning to piped natural gas.
Amidst the supply maintenance and allocation orders, India’s domestic production of LPG has increased from 32,000 metric tonnes per day to 52,000 metric tonnes per day.
Published - June 07, 2026 12:40 am IST
LPG crisis / Delhi / prices
Source: The Hindu - India News
