Commercial LPG Cylinder Up ₹10, Third Straight Monthly Hike Ahead of Festive Season

The price of a commercial LPG cylinder was raised by around ₹10 on Sunday, November 1, 2026, marking the third consecutive monthly increase. In Delhi, a commercial cylinder will now cost ₹2,820.

Commercial LPG cylinders — the larger 19-kg units used by restaurants, hotels, caterers, dhabas, tea stalls and small manufacturing units — are sold at market-determined rates. They are separate from the smaller domestic cylinders used in households, whose prices are set under a different arrangement.

The latest revision follows a ₹65 increase on October 1 and an increase of around ₹10 per cylinder in September. Before that, prices had been cut in July and August, with the two reductions adding up to ₹380 per cylinder. The October hike, in other words, undid only a part of that relief, and the November revision adds a further ₹10 to the bill.

Commercial LPG rates are revised at the beginning of each month by the public sector oil marketing companies and are influenced by international benchmark prices for LPG, freight costs and other input factors. Because state taxes and local levies vary, the retail price in Delhi is widely used as a reference point but does not reflect what consumers pay in every part of the country. Buyers in states with higher local taxes pay more.

The timing of the increase matters for the food services sector. The weeks leading up to the festive season are among the busiest for restaurants, sweet shops and catering businesses, and fuel is one of their recurring operating costs. For a small eatery, a series of monthly increases can add up over a quarter even when each individual revision looks modest. Business owners typically factor such costs into their pricing decisions, though there is no indication yet of how, or whether, this round will be passed on to customers.

It is worth noting what this announcement does not cover. Domestic LPG cylinders used in kitchens at home are not part of this revision, and any change in their price is announced separately. Readers are advised to check the applicable rate in their own city, since the Delhi figure does not apply uniformly across states.

The November revision is small in absolute terms — roughly ₹10 on a cylinder that costs ₹2,820 in the national capital. But it is the third increase in as many months, a trend that reverses the relief households and businesses received during the July–August cuts. Cumulatively, the September, October and November revisions have added around ₹85 to the price of a commercial cylinder, against the ₹380 reduction earlier in the year.

There has been no official explanation for the latest revision. Price movements in this category generally track international markets, and the oil marketing companies publish revised rates at the start of every month. For consumers and small businesses, the practical takeaway is straightforward: the direction for the past three months has been upward, and the next revision is due on December 1.