Hyderabad: Congress leaders in Telangana’s Karimnagar protested over the latest hike in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices on Monday, June 8.
Leading the protest, Karimnagar District Congress Committee President Dr Medipalli Satyam addressed a gathering of Congress supporters and said, “The Modi government is burdening common people by increasing LPG and fuel prices. Rahul Gandhi had warned that the prices would be increased after the elections. Today we have gathered to protest against such policies of the Centre.”
LPG Prices hiked
The protest in Karimnagar comes after the domestic cooking gas LPG price was raised by Rs 29 per cylinder on Sunday, June 8, marking the second increase in three months as state-owned fuel retailers continue to grapple with elevated global energy costs.
The price of a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in Delhi will rise to Rs 942 from Rs 913 with effect from June 7, according to industry sources.
The increase follows a Rs 60-per-cylinder hike on March 7 after the conflict in West Asia disrupted global energy supplies and drove up international fuel prices. Industry sources said that the increase had only partly offset losses incurred on domestic LPG sales.
State-run oil marketing companies were estimated to be losing about Rs 703 on every LPG cylinder sold before the latest revision, the sources said.
The LPG price hike comes amid a broader round of fuel price increases. Petrol and diesel prices have been raised by a cumulative Rs 7.50 per litre since mid-May, while compressed natural gas (CNG) rates have increased by about Rs 6 per kg.
Despite the recent increases, oil companies continue to sell petrol and diesel below cost, incurring losses of around Rs 11 per litre on petrol and Rs 33.6 per litre on diesel, according to industry sources.
The government has so far avoided a full pass-through of higher international energy prices to consumers, absorbing part of the increase through state-owned fuel retailers as global crude oil and fuel markets remain volatile.
(With inputs from PTI)
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