CNG costlier by Rs 2 a kg in Delhi, check revised CNG rates in other cities including NCR
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- Compressed natural gas (CNG) prices have seen an increase for the 13th time in two months.
- Now the price of CNG in Delhi will be Rs 75.61 per kg.
- The price of CNG in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad has been reduced to Rs 78.17 per kg.
Compressed natural gas (CNG) prices on Saturday saw an increase for the 13th time in two months. With the price hike by Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) by Rs 2 per kg in the national capital, CNG will now cost Rs 75.61 per kg in Delhi.
For the NCR region, the price of CNG in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad has been reduced to Rs 78.17 per kg, while in Gurugram it will cost Rs 83.94 per kg.
According to data compiled by news agency PTI, prices have risen by Rs 30.21 per kg, or 60 per cent, in the past one year.
However, the rate of piped gas in domestic kitchens, called piped natural gas (PNG), remains unchanged at Rs 45.
86 per SCM.
City gas distributors have been raising prices from time to time since October last year, when domestic as well as international gas prices began to climb as economies recover from the pandemic-induced slowdown across the world.
Natural gas when compressed becomes CNG for use as a fuel in automobiles. The same gas is piped into domestic kitchens and industries for cooking and other purposes. Prices vary from city to city depending on the incidence of local taxes such as VAT.
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