The prices of CNG and cooking gas piped to household kitchens in the national capital on October 8 were hiked by ₹3 each in step with rise in input natural gas prices.
The ₹3 per kg increase in CNG price is the first hike in rates in over four months, while a ₹3 per standard cubic metres increase in piped natural gas (PNG) was the first raise in two months.
CNG in the national capital territory of Delhi now costs ₹78.61 per kg, up from ₹75.61 per kg, according to the information posted on the website of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL)—the firm which retails CNG and piped cooking gas in the national capital and adjoining cities.