The hike comes on the back of a Rs 50 per cylinder increase effected on May 7.
The latest hike comes at a time when people are already struggling with rising petrol and diesel prices.
The price of gas cylinder has increased by 123 per cent since 2014, the BJD said in a statement expressing concerns that the price of fuel has increased without any reason.
Earlier on Sunday, party spokesperson Byomakesh Ray had announced that the BJD members will stage protests in all the blocks under the three RDC zones from Monday.
The Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) and Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) will hold demonstrations outside petrol pumps in all 147 assembly constituencies.
Bhubaneswar: With fuel prices at stratospheric levels, the Central government hiked prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) today leading to further resentment. The recent LPG price hike has now provided an opportunity to both ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Opposition Congress in Odisha to train their guns at the BJP-led government at the Centre. As […]
Bhubaneswar: Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD), the women wing of the ruling-BJD today staged a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan protesting the recent hike in price of LPG by the Centre and demanded immediate rollback of the decision. The women activists of the regional party raised slogans against the Centre terming the move as […]
New Delhi: Subsidized cooking gas (LPG) price was on Friday raised by over Rs 7 per cylinder, in line with the government’s decision to hike prices every month so that all subsidies are eliminated by this fiscal-end. A subsidized 14.2-kg LPG cylinder now costs Rs 487.18 in Delhi as against Rs 479.77 previously, according to […]
New Delhi: Cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was hiked by a steep Rs 144.5 per cylinder due to spurt in benchmark global rates of the fuel. But to insulate domestic users, the government almost doubled the subsidy it provides on the fuel to keep per cylinder outgo almost unchanged. LPG price was increased to […]
New Delhi: The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been hiked again in Delhi. The price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder for domestic use will be costlier by Rs 50. The new rates would be applicable from tomorrow (Monday) 12 am onwards. According to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a gas cylinder without subsidy […]
Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing protests over the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel, the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has also been raised again by Rs 25 per cylinder on Thursday, making an overall increase of Rs 200 per cylinder in the last three months. Reportedly after increasing LPG prices twice in […]
Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no respite for consumers as the price of cooking gas has been hiked by Rs 25 across the country on Monday. The hike has now taken the price of a 14.2 kg household LPG cylinder to Rs 845.50. It is for the third consecutive time that the prices of LPG […]
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