Modi stood up on april 12 and declared india is moving “beyond energy security towards energy independence.” Less than three weeks later, on May 1, his government quietly slammed a ₹993 hike on every 19kg commercial LPG cylinder. In Delhi, it now costs ₹3,071.50. No warning. No debate. Just pure overnight pain.


1. The numbers are savage.
January 2026: ₹1,740. April: ₹2,078. Today: ₹3,071. That’s a 76% jump in four months. While domestic cylinders were left untouched for optics, commercial ones got absolutely gutted.


2. 90% of India’s LPG is imported.
And most of it flows through one single strait that a recent war has choked. Imports literally halved in March. Yet instead of securing supply, the government chose to pass the entire burden straight to the street.

3. Every dhabawala, street vendor, and small caterer just got punched in the gut.
Their biggest monthly expense just shot up. They won’t absorb it — you will, every single time you eat out. The same government that brags about Ujjwala connections for poor women is now making sure small businesses can’t even afford to refill the cylinders they use to cook for those families.


4. This isn’t policy. This is clownery.
Energy independence by 2047? They can’t even secure an affordable supply in 2026. Modi’s grand speech now reads like a cruel joke. Small businesses bleed, costs cascade to the common man, and the government calls it “stability.” The mask slipped again.
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SIBY JEYYA

01/05/2026 11:16 AM