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Commercial LPG costs more for a third month, Delhi cylinder now ₹2,820
Oil marketing companies raised the price of the 19-kg cylinder used by hotels, restaurants and sweet shops by ₹10 to ₹17 from Sunday, while the household cylinder stays unchanged.
Key points
- The 19-kg commercial cylinder now costs ₹2,820 in Delhi, up ₹10 from Sunday.
- Kolkata saw the steepest rise, ₹17, taking the price to ₹2,971.
- The 14.2-kg household cylinder is unchanged at ₹942 in Delhi.
Restaurants, hotels and sweet shops will pay more for cooking gas this month. Oil marketing companies raised the price of the 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder by ₹10 to ₹17 in the metros from Sunday, the third increase in as many months.
In Delhi the cylinder now costs ₹2,820, up ₹10 from ₹2,810. Mumbai buyers pay ₹10.50 more, at ₹2,775, and in Chennai the price rose by ₹11.50 to ₹2,994.50. Kolkata took the biggest increase, ₹17, taking its cylinder to ₹2,971.
The small monthly steps add up. Across the three revisions since August, the Delhi cylinder has risen by ₹82 and the Kolkata one by ₹98.50. A year ago the same cylinder cost ₹1,590.50 in the capital, so businesses are now paying about 77% more than they did in November 2025.
Households are spared for now. The 14.2-kg domestic cylinder is unchanged, at ₹942 in Delhi, where it has stayed since a ₹29 increase on 7 June.
Why prices keep climbing
Commercial LPG is priced off international benchmarks, chiefly the contract price that Saudi Aramco sets each month. For November, Aramco raised propane by $40 to $720 a tonne and butane by $50 to $780 a tonne. Algeria’s Sonatrach made even sharper increases. With the Strait of Hormuz still shut and Brent crude above $113 a barrel, there is little sign of relief from the Gulf.
Sweet makers in particular may pass the extra cost on to customers in the run-up to Diwali, when their gas use is at its highest.