Last Updated on March 27, 2026 4:17 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
Staff Reporter / New Delhi
The Government of India has decided to increase the commercial LPG allocation of states to 70%, with 20% allocation given to industries such as steel, automobile, textile and other labour-intensive industries. Announcing this, in a social media post, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the move aims to ease the supply of commercial LPG. He added that priority will be given to those industries where piped gas is not a substitute.
The Minister underlined that while the rest of the world has been taking drastic fuel conservation measures such as odd-even, 4-day work weeks, school and office closures and increasing fuel prices by 20%-30% ; India remains an oasis of energy security, availability and affordability.