Authorities bars PNG customers from retaining or refilling LPG connections

In search of to make sure a gentle provide to home shoppers solely availing liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) amid the influence on imports on account of tensions in West Asia, the federal government on Saturday (March 14, 2026) mandated that people with a piped pure fuel (PNG) connection will neither be allowed to acquire a brand new LPG connection nor retain an current further connection of liquefied petroleum fuel.

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The amended provide order additionally bars them from acquiring any refill. Additional, the order states that people having each LPG and pure fuel connections at current “instantly give up their home LPG connection”.

The order comes amid imports of cooking fuel being affected due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the continued tensions in West Asia. For context, India imports about 60% of its general cooking fuel necessities. Of this, round 90% is routed by way of the Strait of Hormuz.

It is usually important to notice that the Ministry of Petroleum and Pure Fuel, in two separate upkeep orders, had directed that every one propane and butane, amongst different streams, be utilised to spur the manufacturing of cooking fuel. LPG is a combination of propane and butane. The orders had additionally directed that public sector oil advertising firms be certain that these provides are directed to home LPG shoppers.

Home LPG manufacturing up about 31%

Addressing reporters at an inter-ministerial briefing on Saturday (March 14, 2026), Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary on the Ministry of Petroleum and Pure Fuel (MoPNG), mentioned that manufacturing of cooking fuel has elevated by about 31% as of date because the authorities instituted the provision upkeep orders.

Offering an replace on industrial cylinder allocation, Ms. Sharma advised reporters {that a} complete of 29 States and Union Territories have already began disbursing industrial cylinders. For context, the MoPNG had constituted a committee comprising Government Administrators of three oil advertising firms, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum, to look at the cooking fuel necessities of economic entities.

Emphasising the federal government’s goal of easing stress on LPG provides, Ms. Sharma mentioned, “Nonetheless, amidst the continued [geopolitical] scenario, so as to ease the stress on LPG, thus, now we have urged industrial customers who can swap from LPG to PNG, the place there’s a risk, to think about the identical.”