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In presumption of the increasing unrest among consumers with respect to shortage of LPG, the State authorities connected Thursday clarified that the concern was nether power and nary dry-outs had been reported astatine immoderate LPG bottling plants.
In an authoritative statement, the authorities informed that the full LPG banal availability arsenic connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) was 17,962 MT, portion determination were 161.19 lakh LPG connections successful the State. Citing tract feedback that indicated immoderate panic booking and hoarding behaviour, the connection said the mean transportation rhythm for home LPG remained astir 2.5 days and consumers had been advised not to rush-book cylinders. As a impermanent demand-management measure, the minimum spread betwixt LPG bookings had been accrued from 21 days to 25 days and lipid selling companies and territory enforcement teams were coordinating astatine the tract level to wide distributor backlogs and guarantee creaseless deliveries.
The connection said the authorities was continuously monitoring the planetary concern and taking indispensable steps to guarantee uninterrupted substance supplies and support households and precedence sectors.
Steps to summation production
India imports astir 60% of its LPG consumption, retired of which astir 90% comes done the Strait of Hormuz, which has been impacted owed to the ongoing struggle successful West Asia. On March 8, 2026, the authorities issued an bid directing refineries and petrochemical complexes to maximise LPG production. As a result, home LPG accumulation has accrued by astir 25% and the full home LPG accumulation is being directed towards household consumers.
For non-domestic LPG, precedence is being fixed to indispensable sectors specified arsenic hospitals and acquisition institutions. A three-member committee of Executive Directors from IOCL, HPCL and BPCL had been constituted to reappraisal allocations to restaurant, hotels and different commercialized users and to guarantee just and transparent organisation of disposable LPG supplies, said the statement.
CNG supply
It said the authorities issued a Natural Gas Control Order connected March 9, 2026 nether the Essential Commodities Act to negociate state supplies and support precedence sectors. Domestic PNG proviso and CNG for vehicles volition person 100% proviso with nary cuts; beverage industries, manufacturing units and different concern consumers connected to the state grid volition person astir 80% of their erstwhile six-month mean supply; and fertilizer plants volition person 70% supply, portion refineries and petrochemical units volition instrumentality a simplification of astir 35% truthful that higher precedence sectors tin beryllium protected, said the statement.
