LPG Price Hiked by ₹29 Again: Hyderabad Crosses ₹994, Opposition Calls Modi ‘Inflation Man’

The state-owned oil marketing companies have handed Indian households their second gut punch in three months. Effective June 7 , the price of a 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder has been raised by Rs 29 across the country. In Delhi, the cylinder now costs Rs 942 , up from Rs 913. In Hyderabad , residents are staring at Rs 994 per cylinder , up from Rs 965 last month, a city that has seen domestic LPG prices climb by Rs 89 over the past 12 months . Bengaluru consumers are now paying Rs 944.50 .

This marks the second hike in just three months , following a Rs 60-per-cylinder increase on March 7 when the West Asia conflict sent global energy supplies into disarray. The arithmetic behind these decisions is genuinely brutal. The cumulative under-recovery on domestic LPG reached Rs 60,000 crore by the end of the last financial year, against a paltry Rs 1,338 crore the year before, prompting the Union Cabinet to approve Rs 30,000 crore in compensation to oil marketing companies. The government, it seems, moves swiftly when oil companies need relief.

The Ujjwala household pays an effective Rs 642 post subsidy, a figure the government is fond of citing whenever it needs a shield against criticism. What it does not mention is how far that shield stretches when the cylinder was Rs 905 just a year ago.

The pain has long spilled past the kitchen. Restaurants, caterers, bakeries, and cloud kitchens across India are already raising menu prices after repeated commercial LPG hikes, with owners saying they can no longer absorb rising input costs without passing the burden to diners. Street food vendors are equally squeezed, with some warning that repeated fuel cost shocks are pushing smaller operators toward black market activity and eroding daily livelihoods.

The opposition has had enough of staying politely quiet . Congress has reiterated its "Inflation Man" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out that commercial cylinder prices alone have risen by Rs 1,572 in just five months of 2026. The party's arithmetic is damning and the government's silence on it is equally telling.

Economists widely expect the cascading effect on consumer inflation to deepen in the coming months, as higher energy costs feed into transport, manufacturing, and food prices. The common household is not an economic buffer. The sooner policymakers treat it that way, the less they will have to explain.