Cumulatively, prices of the 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder have increased about ₹75 for every cylinder since September across two tranches.
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The price of commercial LPG cylinders was increased by around ₹65 on Thursday (October 1, 2026). The hike, for the second consecutive month, has come just ahead of the festive season.
Cumulatively, the price of the 19kg cylinder has been increased by about ₹75 per refill since September across two tranches.
The latest increase follows the price cuts in July and August, when the price was cumulatively slashed by ₹380 per cylinder. The reduction followed a hike of about ₹1,345 in four tranches since March 7.
The price of the 5kg free-trade LPG cylinder refills was hiked by ₹15 per cylinder on Thursday even as the price of domestic LPG remained unchanged.
The price of aviation turbine fuel was increased by about ₹16 to ₹137 per litre.
Price in major metro cities
Among the four metros, Kolkata saw the steepest hike. While a cylinder costs ₹2,810 in Delhi following a ₹62.5 upward revision, in Kolkata, it now costs ₹2,954 after a ₹70 jump. In Mumbai, a cylinder costs ₹2,764.50 after a hike of ₹63.50, and in Chennai ₹2,983 following an increase of ₹66.50.
Impact ahead of festive season
Speaking to The Hindu, Manpreet Singh, treasurer of the National Restaurants Association of India, said costlier LPG cyliners could prompt restaurateurs to increase the price of food items.
“LPG is an important input for restaurateurs. Further, the latest hike coincides with food inflation, and increasing costs of labour, among other things. This puts restaurateurs under pressure,” he said.
Mr. Singh apprehended that the pressure on restaurants could escalate as U.S. President Donald Trump has said that there will be no peace deal with Iran until the mid-term elections in early-November.
Prashant Vashisht, senior vice-president and co-group head of corporate sector ratings at ICRA, said the latest hike seeks to factor in the recent increase in the benchmark Saudi Aramco Contract Price (Saudi CP).
“This could be possibly relating to the general increase in price of benchmark Saudi CP prices and not just to have some sort of compensatory mechanism for the larger domestic LPG segment,” he said.
Mr. Vashisht observed that the domestic LPG segment is presently incurring under-recoveries of more than ₹300 per cylinder. He added this could escalate further if the prices are not revised.
LPG consumption down
India’s LPG consumption declined 9.2% in September from the comparable period last year, and that of petrol and diesel surged about 7.2% and 4.9% during the same period, according to provisional government data released on Thursday.
Published – October 01, 2026 12:03 pm IST