India, Nov. 13 -- Domestic Piped Natural Gas (PNG) prices in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad have been increased by Rs.1.50 per Standard Cubic Metre (SCM), with the revised rate of Rs.51.75 per SCM coming into effect from midnight of November 12 and 13, MNGL (India) Limited announced on Thursday.

The company has also increased the retail price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Nashik and Dhule districts by Rs.1.25 per kg, taking the revised price to Rs.99.75 per kg from midnight.

The price revision was necessitated by an increase in gas input costs and higher import costs for Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG), which is increasingly required to meet the growing proportion of imported natural gas in the overall gas supply mix, officials ...