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Gas prices hiked in Delhi. See new rates
CNG and PNG Prices in Delhi: The increase in gas rates comes just days after a hike in fuel prices by retailers on Tuesday for first time in 4 months.
Indraprastha Gas Limited has hiked the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by ₹1 per kilogram, news agency ANI reported.
The price of one kg CNG has reached ₹59.01 per kg in Delhi. In Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, the CNG will cost ₹61.58 per kg and in Gurugram the price is at ₹67.37per per kg.
IGL has also increased the rate of domestic piped natural gas (PNG) in Delhi by ₹1 per standard cubic metre (SCM). PNG will now cost ₹36.61 per SCM in the national capital.
The new prices will come into effect from today.
Domestic PNG Retail Prices as per ING:
| Delhi | Rs.36.61/- per SCM |
| Noida, Greater Noida & Ghaziabad | Rs.35.86/- per SCM |
| Karnal & Rewari | Rs.35.42/- per SCM |
| Gurugram | Rs.34.81/- per SCM |
| Muzaffarnagar, Meerut & Shamli | Rs.39.37 /- per SCM |
| Ajmer, Pali & Rajsamand | Rs.42.023/- per SCM |
| Kanpur, Hamirpur & Fatehpur | Rs.38.50 /-per SCM |
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Piped natural gas is used for both domestic as well as commercial and industrial consumption. PNG has several benefits to its credit of being a pollution free, economical and safer fuel.
The increase in gas rates comes just days after a hike in fuel prices by retailers. Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each for the second day in a row on Wednesday. Petrol and diesel become costlier by ₹1.60 per litre in two days.
Petrol in Delhi now costs ₹97.01 per litre as against ₹96.21 previously while diesel rate has gone up from ₹87.47 per litre to ₹88.27
India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, ships in about 85% of its oil needs from overseas markets, news agency Reuters reported.
India's local diesel and petrol prices are linked to international prices of the two fuels, which directionally follow increases in crude oil prices.
