Weeks before the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a Rs 100 per cylinder cut in cooking gas LPG price to ease financial burden on households.
Non-subsidised cooking gas price will be cut to Rs 803 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital with effect from midnight of Friday/Saturday, official sources said.
Prices vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.
This is the second reduction in cooking gas prices in six months.
Rates were cut by Rs 200 per cylinder in late August ahead of assembly elections in five states, including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The Lok Sabha elections are due in April-May. (PTI)
