LPG price crosses ₹1,000 for the first time in 70 years

The cost of non-subsidised domestic LPG (14.2-kg cylinder) is hovering around the ₹1,000 mark in most regions of Karnataka, and in Bidar a cylinder is being sold at ₹1,015.5. In Bengaluru, a 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinder is sold at ₹941 to a non-subsidised customer, while it is sold at ₹921 at Mangaluru (closer to LPG import facility as well as bottling plant), ₹962 at Hubballi and ₹956 at Belagavi. Prices were ₹654, ₹630, ₹670 and ₹666 a cylinder at these places, respectively, in April this year, while it was ₹721 in Bidar.