Lok Sabha Question No. 203 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Price Hike of Cooking Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 203

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 AUGUST, 2023

## Price Hike of Cooking Gas

## †*203.  SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

(a) whether inflation has come down recently and if so, the reasons for the price hike of domestic gas cylinders and piped gas;

(b) whether the prices of LPG commercial cylinders were reduced recently and if so, the reasons for not reducing the prices of domestic cylinders and piped gas;

(c)  the  other  measures taken by  the  Government to provide relief to domestic PNG and CNG customers; and

(d)  the  details  of  number  of  times  the  prices  of  LPG  commercial  cylinders,  domestic  gas cylinders and piped gas increased during the last eight years?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी हरदप संह पुर )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 203 asked by Shri Shri Sanjay Jadhav and Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant to be answered on 03 August 2023 regarding 'Price Hike of Cooking Gas'.

(a) to (d): India imports more than 60% of its domestic LPG consumption. Prices of LPG in the country are linked to its price in the international market. Prices of commercial LPG are set by  LPG  marketing  companies  independently.  However,  for  domestic  LPG,  Government continues  to  modulate  the  effective  price  to  consumer.  In  addition,  Government  has  started  a targeted subsidy of Rs. 200 per 14.2 Kg cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries for upto 12 refills a year for years 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Inflation based on Consumer Price Index-Combined has declined from 7.04% in May 2022 to 4.31% in May 2023.

While the Retail Selling Prices (RSP) of domestic LPG cylinder remained unchanged at Rs. 1103 per 14.2 Kg cylinder for the months of June and July 2023 for Delhi, the RSP of commercial LPG cylinder has increased by the Public Sector OMCs from Rs. 1773 in June 2023 to Rs. 1780 per 19 Kg cylinder in July 2023 for Delhi.

During the period 2020-21 to 2022-23, the average Saudi CP (international benchmark for LPG pricing) went up from $415 per MT to $712 per MT.  However, the increase in international prices  was  not  fully  passed  on  in  retail  prices,  due  to  which  the  Public  Sector  Oil  Marketing Companies  (OMCs)  suffered  under  recoveries  of  approximately  Rs.  28,000  crore  on  sale  of domestic  LPG.  To  compensate  this,  the  Government  paid  a  one-time  compensation  of  Rs. 22,000 crore to Public Sector OMCs in FY 2022-23.  During Covid pandemic, Government also provided about 14.17 crore free LPG refills to PMUY households under Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Package during 2020.

The details of Retail Selling Prices (RSP) of Domestic (14.2 kg) and Commercial (19 kg) LPG cylinders at Delhi since April 2015 are given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

Government of India allocates Administered Price Mechanism (APM) gas to various City Gas Distribution (CGD) entities for CNG (Transport) and PNG (Domestic) purpose. However, retail price of CNG/PNG is determined by CGD entities after considering cost of gas procured, taxes, tariff and other components.

The government has approved the revised domestic natural gas pricing guidelines vide gazette notification  dated  07.04.2023  for  APM  gas  produced  from  nomination  fields  of  ONGC/OIL,

New  Exploration  Licensing  Policy  (NELP)  blocks  and  pre-NELP  blocks,  where  Production Sharing Contract (PSC) provides for Government's approval of prices. The price of such natural gas  has  been  set  as  10%  of  the  monthly  average  of  Indian  Crude  Basket,  be  notified  on  a monthly  basis.  For  the  gas  produced  by  ONGC  &  OIL  from  their  nomination  blocks,  the Administered  Price  Mechanism  (APM)  price  is  subject  to  a  floor  and  a  ceiling  price.  These reforms  have  led  to  significant  decrease  in  prices  of  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG)  for  household cooking and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for transport.

The details of Domestic Gas (PNG) since April 2015 as per Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) at Delhi are given at Annexure-III.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 203 asked by Shri Shri Sanjay Jadhav and Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant to be answered on 03.08.2023 regarding 'Price Hike of Cooking Gas'

| Date Effective From   |   RSP of Domestic LPG at Delhi (Rs./14.2Kg cylinder) |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Apr-2015           |                                                621   |
| 01-May-2015           |                                                616   |
| 01-Jun-2015           |                                                626.5 |
| 01-Jul-2015           |                                                608.5 |
| 01-Aug-2015           |                                                585   |
| 01-Sep-2015           |                                                559.5 |
| 01-Oct-2015           |                                                517.5 |
| 01-Nov-2015           |                                                545   |
| 01-Dec-2015           |                                                606.5 |
| 09-Dec-2015           |                                                608   |
| 01-Jan-2016           |                                                657.5 |
| 01-Feb-2016           |                                                575   |
| 01-Mar-2016           |                                                513.5 |
| 01-Apr-2016           |                                                509.5 |
| 01-May-2016           |                                                527.5 |
| 01-Jun-2016           |                                                548.5 |
| 01-Jul-2016           |                                                537.5 |
| 01-Aug-2016           |                                                487   |
| 01-Sep-2016           |                                                466.5 |
| 01-Oct-2016           |                                                490   |
| 28-Oct-2016           |                                                492   |
| 01-Nov-2016           |                                                529.5 |
| 01-Dec-2016           |                                                584   |
| 01-Jan-2017           |                                                585   |
| 01-Feb-2017           |                                                651.5 |
| 01-Mar-2017           |                                                737.5 |
| 01-Apr-17             |                                                723   |
| 01-May-17             |                                                631   |
| 01-Jun-17             |                                                552.5 |
| 01-Jul-17             |                                                564   |
| 01-Aug-17             |                                                524   |

| Date Effective From   |   RSP of Domestic LPG at Delhi (Rs./14.2Kg cylinder) |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Sep-17             |                                                597.5 |
| 30-Sep-17             |                                                599   |
| 01-Oct-17             |                                                649   |
| 01-Nov-17             |                                                742   |
| 01-Dec-17             |                                                747   |
| 01-Jan-18             |                                                741   |
| 01-Feb-18             |                                                736   |
| 01-Mar-18             |                                                689   |
| 01-Apr-18             |                                                653.5 |
| 01-May-18             |                                                650.5 |
| 01-Jun-18             |                                                698.5 |
| 01-Jul-18             |                                                754   |
| 01-Aug-18             |                                                789.5 |
| 01-Sep-18             |                                                820   |
| 01-Oct-18             |                                                879   |
| 01-Nov-18             |                                                939   |
| 07-Nov-18             |                                                942.5 |
| 01-Dec-18             |                                                809.5 |
| 01-Jan-19             |                                                689   |
| 01-Feb-19             |                                                659   |
| 01-Mar-19             |                                                701.5 |
| 01-Apr-19             |                                                706.5 |
| 01-May-19             |                                                712.5 |
| 01-Jun-19             |                                                737.5 |
| 01-Jul-19             |                                                637   |
| 01-Aug-19             |                                                574.5 |
| 01-Sep-19             |                                                590   |
| 01-Oct-19             |                                                605   |
| 01-Nov-19             |                                                681.5 |
| 01-Dec-19             |                                                695   |
| 01-Jan-20             |                                                714   |
| 01-Feb-20             |                                                714   |
| 12-Feb-20             |                                                858.5 |
| 01-Mar-20             |                                                805.5 |
| 01-Apr-20             |                                                744   |

| Date Effective From   |   RSP of Domestic LPG at Delhi (Rs./14.2Kg cylinder) |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-May-20             |                                                581.5 |
| 01-Jun-20             |                                                593   |
| 01-Jul-20             |                                                594   |
| 02-Dec-20             |                                                644   |
| 15-Dec-20             |                                                694   |
| 04-Feb-21             |                                                719   |
| 15-Feb-21             |                                                769   |
| 25-Feb-21             |                                                794   |
| 01-Mar-21             |                                                819   |
| 01-Apr-21             |                                                809   |
| 01-Jul-21             |                                                834.5 |
| 17-Aug-21             |                                                859.5 |
| 01-Sep-21             |                                                884.5 |
| 06-Oct-21             |                                                899.5 |
| 22-Mar-22             |                                                949.5 |
| 07-May-22             |                                                999.5 |
| 19-May-22             |                                               1003   |
| 06-Jul-22             |                                               1053   |
| 01-March-23           |                                               1103   |

Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)

Note:

Retail Selling Price of Domestic LPG excluding targeted subsidy of Rs.200 for PMUY consumers w.e.f.  21 May, 2022.

Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 203 asked by Shri Shri Sanjay Jadhav and Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant to be answered on 03.08.2023 regarding 'Price Hike of Cooking Gas'

| Date Effective From   |   RSP of Commercial LPG at Delhi (Rs./19Kg cylinder) |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Apr-15             |                                               1142   |
| 01-May-15             |                                               1134   |
| 01-Jun-15             |                                               1151   |
| 01-Jul-15             |                                               1084.5 |
| 01-Aug-15             |                                               1046.5 |
| 01-Sep-15             |                                               1005.5 |
| 01-Oct-15             |                                                963   |
| 01-Nov-15             |                                               1009   |
| 01-Dec-15             |                                               1108   |
| 01-Jan-16             |                                               1180   |
| 01-Feb-16             |                                               1031   |
| 01-Mar-16             |                                                932   |
| 01-Apr-16             |                                                926.5 |
| 09-Apr-16             |                                                926.5 |
| 01-May-16             |                                                945.5 |
| 17-May-16             |                                                945.5 |
| 01-Jun-16             |                                                979   |
| 01-Jul-16             |                                                963   |
| 01-Aug-16             |                                                963   |
| 16-Aug-16             |                                                871   |
| 01-Sep-16             |                                                871   |
| 17-Sep-16             |                                                838   |
| 01-Oct-16             |                                                895   |
| 01-Nov-16             |                                                968   |
| 01-Dec-16             |                                               1054.5 |
| 01-Jan-17             |                                               1054.5 |
| 01-Feb-17             |                                               1150   |
| 01-Mar-17             |                                               1287   |
| 01-Apr-17             |                                               1265.5 |
| 01-May-17             |                                               1121   |
| 01-Jun-17             |                                                996   |
| 01-Jul-17             |                                               1017.5 |
| 11-Jul-17             |                                               1017.5 |
| 01-Aug-17             |                                                966   |
| 01-Sep-17             |                                               1081   |
| 30-Sep-17             |                                               1081   |
| 01-Oct-17             |                                               1164   |

| Date Effective From   | RSP of Commercial LPG at Delhi (Rs./19Kg cylinder)   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Nov-17             | 1310.50                                              |
| 15-Nov-17             | 1310.50                                              |
| 01-Dec-17             | 1318.50                                              |
| 01-Jan-18             | 1310.00                                              |
| 01-Feb-18             | 1305.50                                              |
| 02-Feb-18             | 1308.50                                              |
| 01-Mar-18             | 1230.00                                              |
| 01-Apr-18             | 1176.50                                              |
| 01-May-18             | 1167.50                                              |
| 01-Jun-18             | 1244.50                                              |
| 01-Jul-18             | 1328.00                                              |
| 01-Aug-18             | 1371.00                                              |
| 01-Sep-18             | 1418.00                                              |
| 01-Oct-18             | 1512.00                                              |
| 01-Nov-18             | 1606.50                                              |
| 07-Nov-18             | 1614.50                                              |
| 01-Dec-18             | 1404.50                                              |
| 01-Jan-19             | 1214.50                                              |
| 01-Feb-19             | 1170.50                                              |
| 01-Mar-19             | 1237.00                                              |
| 01-Apr-19             | 1305.50                                              |
| 01-May-19             | 1328.00                                              |
| 01-Jun-19             | 1328.00                                              |
| 01-Jul-19             | 1130.00                                              |
| 01-Aug-19             | 1004.00                                              |
| 01-Sep-19             | 1054.50                                              |
| 01-Oct-19             | 1085.00                                              |
| 01-Nov-19             | 1204.00                                              |
| 01-Dec-19             | 1211.50                                              |
| 01-Jan-20             | 1241.00                                              |
| 01-Feb-20             | 1466.00                                              |
| 01-Mar-20             | 1381.50                                              |
| 01-Apr-20             | 1285.50                                              |
| 01-May-20             | 1029.50                                              |
| 01-Jun-20             | 1139.50                                              |
| 01-Jul-20             | 1135.50                                              |
| 01-Aug-20             | 1135.50                                              |
| 01-Sep-20             | 1133.50                                              |
| 01-Oct-20             | 1166.00                                              |
| 01-Nov-20             | 1241.50                                              |
| 01-Dec-20 15-Dec-20   | 1296.00 1332.00                                      |

| Date Effective From   |   RSP of Commercial LPG at Delhi (Rs./19Kg cylinder) |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 01-Jan-21             |                                               1349   |
| 01-Feb-21             |                                               1539   |
| 04-Feb-21             |                                               1533   |
| 15-Feb-21             |                                               1523.5 |
| 25-Feb-21             |                                               1519   |
| 01-Mar-21             |                                               1614   |
| 01-Apr-21             |                                               1641   |
| 01-May-21             |                                               1595.5 |
| 01-Jun-21             |                                               1473.5 |
| 01-Jul-21             |                                               1550   |
| 01-Aug-21             |                                               1623   |
| 17-Aug-21             |                                               1618   |
| 01-Sep-21             |                                               1693   |
| 01-Oct-21             |                                               1736.5 |
| 06-Oct-21             |                                               1734   |
| 01-Nov-21             |                                               2000.5 |
| 01-Dec-21             |                                               2101   |
| 01-Jan-22             |                                               1998.5 |
| 01-Feb-22             |                                               1907   |
| 01-Mar-22             |                                               2012   |
| 22-Mar-22             |                                               2003.5 |
| 01-Apr-22             |                                               2253   |
| 01-May-22             |                                               2355.5 |
| 07-May-22             |                                               2346   |
| 19-May-22             |                                               2354   |
| 01-Jun-22             |                                               2219   |
| 01-Jul-22             |                                               2021   |
| 06-Jul-22             |                                               2012.5 |
| 01-Aug-22             |                                               1976.5 |
| 01-Sep-22             |                                               1885   |
| 01-Oct-22             |                                               1859.5 |
| 01-Nov-22             |                                               1744   |
| 01-Dec-22             |                                               1744   |
| 01-Jan-23             |                                               1769   |
| 01-Feb-23             |                                               1769   |
| 01-Mar-23             |                                               2119.5 |
| 01-Apr-23             |                                               2028   |

Source : IOCL

Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 203 asked by Shri Shri Sanjay Jadhav and Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant to be answered on 03.08.2023 regarding 'Price Hike of Cooking Gas'

| Date effective from   |   Domestic Gas Price (PNG) at Delhi (Rs./Standard Cubic Metre) |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 03.05.2014            |                                                          25.5  |
| 01.04.2015            |                                                          24.91 |
| 18.05.2015            |                                                          25.35 |
| 02.10.2015            |                                                          24.65 |
| 02.04.2016            |                                                          24    |
| 03.10.2016            |                                                          23    |
| 04.12.2016            |                                                          24.05 |
| 17.05.2017            |                                                          24.86 |
| 26.07.2017            |                                                          25.19 |
| 03.10.2017            |                                                          25.99 |
| 02.04.2018            |                                                          27.14 |
| 02.09.2018            |                                                          28.25 |
| 01.10.2018            |                                                          29.55 |
| 16.11.2018            |                                                          29.8  |
| 01.04.2019            |                                                          30.5  |
| 01.07.2019            |                                                          31    |
| 01.10.2019            |                                                          30.1  |
| 01.04.2020            |                                                          28.55 |
| 04.10.2020            |                                                          27.5  |
| 02.03.2021            |                                                          28.41 |
| 08.07.2021            |                                                          29.66 |
| 29.08.2021            |                                                          30.91 |
| 02.10.2021            |                                                          33.01 |
| 13.10.2021            |                                                          35.11 |
| 12.01.2022            |                                                          35.61 |
| 24.03.2022            |                                                          36.61 |
| 01.04.2022            |                                                          41.61 |
| 14.04.2022            |                                                          45.86 |
| 26.07.2022            |                                                          47.96 |
| 05.08.2022            |                                                          50.59 |
| 08.10.2022            |                                                          53.59 |
| 09.04.2023            |                                                          48.59 |

Source: Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL)