Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has increased the prices of domestic piped natural gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) on Thursday, 14 April, to partially cover the hike in input gas cost. The prices of CNG have been hiked Rs 2.5 per kg in Delhi to Rs 71.61 per kg from today. While PNG price in Delhi has been hiked to Rs 45.86 per standard cubic meter (SCM). The revised prices of CNG and PNG will come into effect from today, according to a late night notification by IGL. For Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, the CNG price has been hiked to Rs 74.17 per Kg, while in Gurugram, it will cost Rs 79.94 per Kg. Earlier on 1 April 2022, IGL increased the CNG price by 80 paise per kg and PNG price by Rs 5.85 per cubic meter.
Natural gas when compressed becomes CNG to use as fuel in automobiles. The same gas is also piped to household kitchens and industries for cooking and other purposes. A record 137-day hiatus in fuel price revision ended on 22 March 2022. On the same day, 14.2 kg LPG cylinder price was hiked to Rs 949.50 in the national capital.
CNG Retail Prices (w.e.f. 06:00 am on 14th April 2022)
NCT of Delhi – Rs 71.61 per Kg
Noida, Greater Noida & Ghaziabad – Rs 74.17 per Kg
Muzaffarnagar, Meerut & Shamli – Rs 78.84 per Kg
Gurugram – Rs 79.94 per Kg
Rewari – Rs 82.07 per Kg
Karnal & Kaithal – Rs 80.27 per Kg
Kanpur, Hamirpur & Fatehpur – Rs 83.40 per Kg
Ajmer, Pali & Rajsamand – Rs 81.88 per kg
Domestic PNG Retail Prices (w.e.f. 14th April 2022)
NCT of Delhi – Rs 45.86 per SCM
Noida, Greater Noida & Ghaziabad – Rs 45.96 per SCM
Karnal & Rewari – Rs 44.67 per SCM
Gurugram – Rs 44.06 per SCM
Muzaffarnagar, Meerut & Shamli – Rs 49.47 per SCM
Ajmer, Pali & Rajsamand – Rs 51.28 per SCM
Kanpur, Hamirpur & Fatehpur – Rs 48.60 per SCM
MGL said that from 1 April 2022, the Centre has increased the supply price of domestically-produced natural gas by 110 per cent. It had earlier raised CNG and PNG prices by Rs 7 and Rs 5, respectively earlier on 6 April 2022.