Cooking gas LPG price was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder on Wednesday, the third increase in rates since May on firming international energy prices. Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 1,052.50 in Mumbai per 14.2-kg cylinder, up from Rs 1,003 previously. Slamming the Centre for the price hike, the NCP asked if the money spent on toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra was being recovered from citizens.

Common households pay non-subsidised rates for the cooking gas they buy, after the government restricted subsidy to only 9 crore poor beneficiaries who got connections under the Ujjwala scheme.