LPG and fuel crisis LIVE: Jet fuel prices more than doubled to ₹2.07 lakh/kl; commercial LPG up ₹195.50
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LPG crisis LIVE updates: Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices have crossed the ₹2 lakh per kilolitre mark; domestic cooking gas LPG rates, which were last hiked by ₹60 per 14.2 kg cylinder on March 7 unchanged. Follow The Hindu for more updates.
The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, was more than doubled to a record ₹2.07 lakh per kilolitre on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), while commercial LPG rates were raised by ₹195.50 per cylinder, mirroring the surge in global oil prices linked to the widening West Asia conflict.
Also read: West Asia war updates on April 1, 2026
This is the first time ever that ATF prices have crossed the ₹2 lakh per kl mark. The previous peak was in 2022 when rates were hiked by ₹1.1 lakh per kl after oil prices surged after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The rates of commercial LPG — one that is used by hotels and restaurants — were hiked ₹195.50 per 19-kg cylinder. Domestic cooking gas LPG rates, which were last hiked by ₹60 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 7, remain unchanged.
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