{"id":921175,"date":"2026-05-17T08:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=507605"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:01:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:01:54","slug":"manipur-lpg-black-market-prices-soar-amid-new-e-kyc-refill-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/05\/17\/manipur-lpg-black-market-prices-soar-amid-new-e-kyc-refill-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur: LPG black-market prices soar amid new e-KYC refill rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-800-x-480-px-2.webp?fit=800%2C480&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Reported by Bit Irom Imphal: The introduction of mandatory e-KYC verification and online booking protocols for LPG refills has triggered a sharp rise in black-market prices across Manipur, with domestic cylinders reportedly being sold for as high as Rs 2,700 in several valley districts. The spike has coincided with growing public anxiety over LPG availability [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-lpg-black-market-prices-soar-amid-new-e-kyc-refill-rules.html\">Manipur: LPG black-market prices soar amid new e-KYC refill rules<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-lpg-black-market-prices-soar-amid-new-e-kyc-refill-rules.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipur-lpg-black-market-prices-soar-amid-new-e-kyc-refill-rules.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reported by Bit Irom Imphal: The introduction of mandatory e-KYC verification and online booking protocols for LPG refills has triggered a sharp rise in black-market prices across Manipur, with domestic cylinders reportedly being sold for as high as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-921175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921175"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":921184,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921175\/revisions\/921184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}