CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury lashed out at the Centre over hike in petroleum prices and termed it an "attack on the labour class and poor" on the Labour Day.
Up 80 paise a litre; domestic gas cylinder now dearer by Rs 50
In the last 20 years or so, the opposition parties have been more concerned with posturing rather than the national interest.
The Centre continues to subsidise freight for domestic LPG deliveries in far-flung areas
The party also blamed the BJD for the hike in the price of cooking gas and fuel
This is the second consecutive month that oil companies have hiked domestic cooking gas prices
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A 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder costs Rs 843.5 in the national Capital
Oil companies wait to recover around Rs 4,500 cr from existing PMUY beneficiaries
At the price of Rs 819, LPG refills beyond the reach of most PMUY beneficiaries.
Price of domestic cooking gas, LPG has doubled to Rs 819 per cylinder in the last seven years while the increase in taxes on petrol and diesel has swelled collections by over 459 per cent, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday. In written replies to a spate of questions on rising fuel prices in the Lok Sabha, Pradhan said the retail selling price of domestic gas was Rs 410.5 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 1, 2014. This month, the same cylinder costs Rs 819. Small price hikes over the past couple of years have eliminated subsidy on cooking gas as well as PDS kerosene. Pradhan said the price of domestic subsidised LPG has been raised during the last few months. It cost Rs 594 per cylinder in December 2020 and now is priced at Rs 819. Similarly, kerosene sold to the poor through the public distribution system (PDS) has risen from Rs 14.96 per litre in March 2014 to Rs 35.35 this month, he said. Petrol and diesel prices too are at an all-time high across the country. The rate
"It is totally wrong and unfair to trouble people, who are already facing problems because of the Covid-19 pandemic, unemployment and inflation"
Premium petrol touches Rs 100 in three states; LPG prices hit Rs 769 a cylinder
The price of LPG domestic cylinder in Delhi has been increased by Rs 50 per unit on Sunday
The steep fall in crude oil prices coupled with a gradual rise in the price of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders had brought relief to the Centre this year
14.2-kg LPG cylinder costlier by Rs 11.5; while ATF prices are revised once in 15 days, LPG prices change on a monthly basis
This is a third straight monthly reduction in the price of LPG cylinders and comes on the back of falling international rates
The rate of non-subsidised LPG was also reduced to Rs 805.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder from Rs 858.50 previously
It also said domestic consumers have been largely insulated from the hike by way of the large increase in subsidy
This is the second straight monthly increase in rates warranted due to firming up of prices in the international market