Gujarat Congress has questioned why household piped natural gas prices in the state are higher than rates charged to consumers in neighbouring Rajasthan, citing differences of up to nearly Rs 215 per million British thermal units between cities supplied by the same company.
At a news conference at the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, party spokesperson Parthivrajsinh Kathavadia said Adani Gas charged domestic consumers in Ahmedabad Rs 1,473.90 per million British thermal units (MMBTU). He compared this with a rate of Rs 1,258.88 per MMBTU for Adani Gas customers in Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Bhilwara in Rajasthan.
The difference between the cited Ahmedabad and Rajasthan rates is about Rs 215 per MMBTU. Kathavadia presented the comparison as evidence that consumers in Gujarat were paying more for the same household cooking fuel, and asked why rates varied across cities and states.
He also cited a separate comparison involving Gujarat Energy, formerly known as Gujarat Gas. According to the figures presented by the Congress spokesperson, the company charged Gujarat consumers Rs 1,377.04 per MMBTU, compared with Rs 1,321 per MMBTU for customers in Rajasthan. That represents a difference of Rs 56 per MMBTU.
Kathavadia said price differences were also visible between cities and towns within Gujarat, although the report did not provide a full list of those locations or the corresponding rates. He demanded that the Gujarat government intervene and take up the issue with gas distribution companies.
The dispute places household PNG pricing within the wider question of how urban utility charges are set across distribution areas. Unlike a single statewide tariff, the rates paid by consumers can vary according to the distributor, supply arrangement and city or service area. The figures cited by the Congress, however, do not by themselves establish the reasons for the differences or whether the rates include identical taxes, charges, billing components or other applicable adjustments.
The report also does not include a response from Adani Gas, Gujarat Energy or the Gujarat government to the comparisons. It therefore remains unclear whether the cited rates refer to the same billing period and whether the companies apply different components across the Gujarat and Rajasthan service areas.
For households connected to PNG networks, the issue directly affects monthly cooking-fuel expenses. Gujarat has extensive urban gas distribution infrastructure, making the pricing of domestic PNG relevant to residents as well as to the state’s broader utility-governance framework.
The Gujarat Congress has called for government action to ensure uniform pricing across cities. The next step would be a response from the state government and the gas distribution companies on the basis for the rates cited and on whether any review of inter-city pricing is under consideration.
