Govt covers more industries under enhanced 70% commercial LPG allocation
This story was originally published at 13:54 IST on 8 April 2026
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NEW DELHI – The petroleum ministry Wednesday covered additional industrial sectors to receive 70% allocation of their pre-March consumption levels of commercial liquefied petroleum gas. These sectors include pharmaceuticals, food, polymer, agriculture, packaging, paint, uranium, heavy water, seed, metal, ceramic, foundry, forging, glass, as well as aerosol.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said in an order that the additional allocation is subject to an overall sectoral limit of 200 tonnes per day. It said priority will be given to units requiring LPG for specialised purposes which cannot be substituted by natural gas.
On Mar. 21, the government had approved an additional 20% allocation of commercial LPG to states and Union Territories, taking the total allocation to 50%. On Mar. 27, it bumped up the allocation of commercial LPG by an additional 20%, bringing the total allocation to 70% of the pre-West Asia crisis level for packed non-domestic LPG. This additional allocation was then made available to labour-intensive industries such as steel, automobiles, textiles, dye, chemicals, and plastics. End
Reported by Pallavi Singhal
Edited by Tanima Banerjee
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