New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have accumulated more than Rs.59,000 crore in under-recoveries from the sale of domestic cooking gas as of 31 July, up from around Rs.51,000 crore at the end of June, as the war in West Asia disrupted LPG supplies and pushed up global prices.

However, in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Suresh Gopi said on Monday that the under-recovery per cylinder has fallen sharply in August to Rs.188 per 14.2-kg cylinder, from more than Rs.500 in July, as global LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) prices have eased from their recent peaks.

Gopi told the upper house that the government has ensured availability of domestic LP...