Consumers will now get subsidised 5-kg LPG cylinders

New Delhi: State-owned oil marketing companies have started selling mini 5-kg LPG cylinders at subsidised rates which will give consumers more choice. This was revealed by oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Parliament on Wednesday.

Earlier, state companies were giving subsidised LPG only in the 14.2-kg cylinders category. Now, the subsidised cooking gas is also available in 5-kg packs, which costs Rs 155 per such cylinder in Delhi. The 14.2 kg subsidised LPG cylinder costs Rs 417 in Delhi. A consumer can avail 12 subsidised 14.2-kg LPG cylinders in a year.

A consumer can avail 34 cylinders of 5 kg in a year at subsidised rates. Any requirement beyond that would have to be bought at market price of Rs 351 per bottle. Therefore, now consumers have the option to buy either 12 cylinders of 14.2 kg each at subsidised rate in a year or 34 bottles of 5 kg each at the below-market price per annum.

“Public sector oil marketing companies have reported that they are already marketing subsidised 5-kg cylinders up to 34 cylinders in a year per connection,” he told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.