North India Statesman
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New Delhi: The bomb of inflation has exploded on housewives. The government has directly increased the price of LPG cylinder by Rs 50. With this, the bottle which was earlier got for 250 rupees, is now available for 1000 rupees. Will get Rs 803. 853. The government has not excluded the poor from the price hike. The beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme first used to get gas cylinders for Rs 503, now it will be available for Rs 553. Thus the poor will get Rs 503 per cylinder. 1000 per year straight. It will have 600 hits.
This price hike will be applicable from 8 April. The government has also increased the excise duty on petrol and diesel by two rupees per liter, but this will not increase the prices of petrol and diesel. Special excise duty on petrol has increased to Rs 13 per liter, while the fee on diesel has increased from Rs 8 per liter to Rs 12 per liter. It is now 10 o’clock.
Thus, the total tax on petrol and diesel by the central government has increased to Rs 2.5 per liter. 19.9 Rs. From. It is 9:00 pm. Its price is Rs. Per liter. Original Excise Rs 1.40 Per liter. Special additional excise duty Rs. This includes agricultural cess of Rs 2.50 and road and infrastructure cess of Rs 5.
Thus, the government’s total income from diesel is Rs 1,00,000. 100 per liter. Increased from 15.80 to Rs. This is 17.80. Of this, Rs. 1.80 Basic Excise, Rs. 10 Special Excise, Rs. Per liter. This includes agricultural cess of Rs 4 per liter and road of Rs 2 per liter and infrastructure cess. Every year 16,000 crore liters of petrol and diesel are sold in the country. In this way, the increase of two rupees per liter will increase the revenue of the government by up to Rs 100. 32,000 crores
Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said that CP of Saudi Arabia is used as benchmarks for LPG prices in India. It was priced at Rs 385 per tonne in July 2023 and has increased to Rs 629 per tonne in February 2025. The price of a bottle gas at this price is 10 rupees. It should be 1,028. Due to this, the under-ricket of public sector oil companies was Rs 1,000 crore at the end of the previous financial year. 41,338 crores Prices have increased due to this increasing deficit. On current values, the average consumer’s daily cooking costs Rs. 6.10 rupees and cost for general user Rs. He said that this is 14.58, which is correct. The price of the cylinder has increased by 2 rupees. He said that an increase of 50% will cover not only future costs but also previous costs.
