`974.5 for 7th cylinder unsettles kitchens

LUDHIANA: The price hike of `26.50 in the prices of non-subsidized LPG cylinders, which the consumers buy after the subsidized quota of six cylinders per year, from November 1 onward has left city residents dejected.
The price of a subsidized LPG cylinder will remain unchanged at `429.50 in the city.
While the residents were expecting the government to relieve the “unfair” subsidy cap of six cylinders a year, the hike has stung them deep, taking the cost of each non-subsidized cylinder to `974.50 from `946.50.Manisha Malhotra, a homemaker of Urban Estate Dugri, said “Since they are not relieving the cap of six cylinders, we will be bound to buy a few non-subsidized cylinders every year. The prices should not be increased every now and then.”