<p>After petrol, the price of CNG and piped cooking gas in the national capital and its adjoining towns was increased on Thursday in line with rising costs.</p>.<p>Indraprastha Gas Ltd -- the firm that retails CNG to automobiles and piped gas to household kitchens in the national capital region -- raised CNG price by 90 paise per kg and cooking gas by Rs 1.25 per standard cubic metre.</p>.<p>"CNG retail price in Delhi stands revised from Rs 43.40/kg to Rs 44.30/kg w.e.f 6 am on 8th July 2021," IGL said in a tweet.</p>.<p>In the adjoining Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, CNG price has been hiked to Rs 49.98 per kg from Rs 49.08.</p>.<p>Rates differ from state to state due to local taxes.</p>.<p>Piped natural gas (PNG) rate in Delhi was increased by Rs 1.25 per scm to Rs 29.66 per scm and to Rs 29.61 in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad.</p>.<p>"CNG would offer 68% savings as compared to petrol & 50% savings as compared to diesel on running cost at revised prices in Delhi," IGL said.</p>.<p>The hike in CNG and PNG prices came amid an unrelenting surge in the retail selling price of petrol and diesel.</p>.<p>Petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 35 paise per litre and diesel by 9 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.</p>.<p>This took fuel prices across the country to fresh highs.</p>.<p>Petrol price rose to Rs 100.56 a litre in Delhi while diesel rates climbed to Rs 89.62 per litre.</p>.<p>Petrol has crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Punjab, Ladakh, Sikkim, Puducherry and Delhi.</p>.<p>Diesel, the most used fuel in the country, is above that level in some places in Rajasthan, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.</p>.<p>Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges.</p>.<p>Half of the diesel price is made up of taxes (Rs 31.80 central excise and Rs 13.04 state VAT).</p>.<p>The hike on Thursday was the 37th increase in the price of petrol since May 4, when state-owned oil firms ended an 18-day hiatus in rate revision they observed during assembly elections in states like West Bengal.</p>.<p>In 37 hikes, the price of petrol has risen by Rs 10.16 per litre. During this period, diesel rates have soared by Rs 8.89 a litre in 35 instances of price hikes. </p>
<p>After petrol, the price of CNG and piped cooking gas in the national capital and its adjoining towns was increased on Thursday in line with rising costs.</p>.<p>Indraprastha Gas Ltd -- the firm that retails CNG to automobiles and piped gas to household kitchens in the national capital region -- raised CNG price by 90 paise per kg and cooking gas by Rs 1.25 per standard cubic metre.</p>.<p>"CNG retail price in Delhi stands revised from Rs 43.40/kg to Rs 44.30/kg w.e.f 6 am on 8th July 2021," IGL said in a tweet.</p>.<p>In the adjoining Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, CNG price has been hiked to Rs 49.98 per kg from Rs 49.08.</p>.<p>Rates differ from state to state due to local taxes.</p>.<p>Piped natural gas (PNG) rate in Delhi was increased by Rs 1.25 per scm to Rs 29.66 per scm and to Rs 29.61 in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad.</p>.<p>"CNG would offer 68% savings as compared to petrol & 50% savings as compared to diesel on running cost at revised prices in Delhi," IGL said.</p>.<p>The hike in CNG and PNG prices came amid an unrelenting surge in the retail selling price of petrol and diesel.</p>.<p>Petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 35 paise per litre and diesel by 9 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.</p>.<p>This took fuel prices across the country to fresh highs.</p>.<p>Petrol price rose to Rs 100.56 a litre in Delhi while diesel rates climbed to Rs 89.62 per litre.</p>.<p>Petrol has crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Punjab, Ladakh, Sikkim, Puducherry and Delhi.</p>.<p>Diesel, the most used fuel in the country, is above that level in some places in Rajasthan, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.</p>.<p>Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes such as value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges.</p>.<p>Half of the diesel price is made up of taxes (Rs 31.80 central excise and Rs 13.04 state VAT).</p>.<p>The hike on Thursday was the 37th increase in the price of petrol since May 4, when state-owned oil firms ended an 18-day hiatus in rate revision they observed during assembly elections in states like West Bengal.</p>.<p>In 37 hikes, the price of petrol has risen by Rs 10.16 per litre. During this period, diesel rates have soared by Rs 8.89 a litre in 35 instances of price hikes. </p>