LPG, CNG, PNG prices today, August 19: Check latest rates in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, other cities

LPG, CNG, PNG prices today: Due to the West Asia war and the subsequent uncertainty about the Strait of Hormuz, thereby impacting supplies, concerns about LPG, CNG and PNG prices have persisted. In the meantime, India is working to diversify its supply chain and secure imports from alternative options. 

The concerns arise as LPG sales in India have declined and domestic cooking gas continues to be sold below cost, adding to the burden on state-run fuel retailers. The government has also taken steps to build a domestic supply buffer by fixing maximum LPG production targets for individual public- and private-sector refineries and upstream companies for the first time.

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14.2 kg LPG cylinder rates on August 19

Commercial (19kg) LPG cylinder rates on August 19

CNG prices across major cities on August 19

PNG prices across major cities on August 19

In a written reply to lawmakers, junior oil minister Suresh Gopi said Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation have been selling a 14.2-kg household cooking gas cylinder at ₹942 in Delhi since June 2026. He added that the revenue loss for state fuel retailers on LPG sales was ₹188 per cylinder in August.

LPG consumption fell more than 16 per cent year-on-year to 2.35 million tonnes last month as shortages pushed households and industries towards piped natural gas and more polluting fuels such as biomass and kerosene. Reports said the government has directed Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum to source at least 15 per cent of India’s LPG imports for 2027 through US term contracts, with plans to raise this share to up to 25 per cent by 2027.

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Separately, in an order issued on August 13, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry set maximum LPG production levels for 21 refineries and upstream companies, with a combined production potential of 63,810 tonnes a day. The move aims to create a domestic supply buffer after the West Asia conflict exposed the country’s vulnerability to disruptions in imported cooking gas. The potential output is more than double the domestic LPG output in the financial year ended March 31, 2026, and is about 70 per cent of the country’s daily consumption.

Additionally, the Centre has also approved an incentive scheme for city gas distributors to increase domestic connections of piped cooking gas. The scheme will begin on September 1, 2026. The government intends to reduce LPG imports and subsidy expenditure while expanding access to cooking gas through domestic PNG connections.