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MGL hikes gas prices by up to 85 paise/kg

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Citing increase in input tax, the city's sole gas supplier Mahanagar Gas (MGL) has hiked CNG and domestic PNG prices by Rs 0.85/kg and Rs 0.50 per SCM respectively from tonight.

Accordingly, revised CNG price will be Rs 40.82/kg and base slab 1 domestic PNG price will be Rs 24.42/SCM in the city and its suburbs, the company said in a statement.

The company also said there is an increase of Rs 0.50/SCM in slab 2 of domestic PNG prices.

The new prices will be effective in the municipalities adjoining the megapolis after factoring in implications of local municipal octroi/LBT and cess rates.
 

Revised prices in the suburbs will be in the range of Rs 40.82/kg to Rs41.58/kg for CNG and Rs 24.42/SCM to Rs 24.63/SCM (base slab 1) for PNG.

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Recruiters included Goldman Sachs, ONGC, Texas Instruments, Microsoft, GE, Airbus, Cairn India, NEC Japan, Murata Group of Japan, Qualcomm, Schlumberger Asia, Tata Steel and Xerox Research Center, the premier institute said in a statement.

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First Published: Dec 03 2016 | 9:13 PM IST

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