CNG, piped cooking gas prices in Delhi cut by 7%

◗ Indraprastha Gas Ltd, retailer of CNG and piped natural gas in the national capital and adjoining areas, said CNG price in Delhi will be cut by `3.20 to `42 per kg

The price of CNG used in automobiles and cooking gas piped to household kitchens was, on Friday, cut by 7 per cent in step with a reduction in input natural gas prices.

Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the retailer of CNG and piped natural gas in the national capital and adjoining areas, said CNG price in Delhi will be cut by `3.20 to `42 per kg.

In adjoining Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad, the reduction would be `3.60 to `47.75 per kg.

IGL, in a statement, also announced cut in its domestic piped natural gas prices by `1.55 per standard cubic mete` to `28.55 per scm in Delhi.

Piped natural gas in

Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad would be `28.45 scm, a reduction of `1.65 per scm from `30.10.

This is the second reduction in rates in six months. CNG price was, on October 2, 2019, cut by `1.90 per kg in Delhi and by `2.15 per kg in Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad. Piped natural gas rates were cut by ` 0.90 per scm in Delhi and by `0.40 in neighbouring towns in Uttar Pradesh.

The latest reduction follows the government cutting the price paid for natural gas produced from domestic fields by 26 per cent to $2.39 per million British thermal unit effective from April 1.

Natural gas gets converted into CNG on compression and is also supplied for lighting cooking stoves through pipes.

IGL said the revised CNG price in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh would be `56.65 per kg, in Karnal `49.85 per kg, and in Rewari and Gurgaon `54.15 per kg.

In Rewari, the applicable price of domestic PNG would now be `28.60 per scm, which has been decreased by `1.55 per scm.

IGL sells PNG to over 9 lakh households in Delhi and over 4.5 lakh households in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, and Rewari in Haryana.

In order to promote cashless transactions and push CNG refuelling during off-peak hours, a special cashback scheme of `0.50 per kg is also offered for CNG fuelling done only at IGL CNG stations through IGL Smart Cards between 11.00 am to 4.00 pm and 12.00 am to 6.00 am, the company said.

IGL, which had rationalised operation of its CNG stations in view of slump in demand following vehicles going offroad due to Covid-19 lockdown, said the rationalised CNG services for public fuelling shall continue during the lockdown period primarily to meet the requirements of emergency and essential service vehicles.

A total of 276 CNG stations are being run during this period.