New DelhiCompressed natural gas jumped ₹3.89 to ₹86.98 a kg.
Auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers absorb the increase since fares are fixed.
Disrupted Hormuz shipping doubled global spot liquefied natural gas prices, which set India’s city-gas input costs directly.
A Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson forecasts prices will fall once US-Iran tensions ease, without saying when.
Sources: Hindustan Times, Economic Times, NDTV