Centre pushes States to speed up PNG adoption, seeks district-level officers to drive LPG-to-gas transition
· India · The Hindu, Moneycontrol
The Petroleum Ministry has asked States and Union Territories to provide district-level administrative support to accelerate the shift of households from LPG to piped natural gas. Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal sent a letter to State Chief Secretaries on August 21 seeking the appointment of nodal officers to coordinate with gas distributors and oil marketing companies. The push follows disruptions to India's LPG supply chains during the West Asia crisis earlier this year. The Ministry is implementing a regulatory framework to prevent households from retaining both LPG and PNG connections where piped gas is available. The Petroleum Board has authorised about 1,800 kilometres of LPG pipeline infrastructure with a capital investment of ₹7,000 crore.
Why it matters
The transition to piped natural gas aims to reduce India's logistics burden for cooking gas distribution and secure energy supplies following recent supply chain disruptions in West Asia.
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