Induction cooktops going out of stock across India amid LPG crisis
India Today
A shortage in LPG cylinders across India has triggered a sharp surge in demand for induction cooktops. Quick commerce platforms and retailers in several neighbourhoods across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru are running out of stock. Retailers report selling 50 to 70 units of induction stoves a day amid panic-buying.
Amid the war in Iran and the crisis in the Middle East, there is a global shortage in the supply of oil and natural gas. India is also grappling with an LPG crisis that has sent prices soaring and sparked panic buying of both gas cylinders and induction cooktops as an alternative. The demand for electric cooktops is such that quick commerce options have run out of induction hobs in many neighbourhoods across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Kolkata. Even brick and mortar stores are facing a shortage of induction cooktops.
The government reassured the public, saying there was no major crisis and domestic production had increased. However, rising gas and fuel prices, and the extended hiatus in refill booking caused anxiety among consumers.
The government has invoked the Essential Commodities Act (Esma) to safeguard cooking gas supplies amid reports of LPG shortages, but the anxiety and fear has driven a surge in demand for electrical alternatives. India Today Digital checked quick commerce apps like Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart across major cities and found that induction cooktops had gone out of stock in many areas. A screengrab from a quick commerce app showing the unavailability of induction cooktops.
In Bengaluru, neighbourhoods like MG Road, Ashok Nagar, SG Palya, and CV Raman Nagar, there was no availability of induction hobs.
Mumbai's Powai was completely sold out too, while Juhu had low stock.
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