New Delhi: The government has conducted more than 5000 raids across country in the last three days to curb hoardings and black marketing of the Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG).
Similarly, the surprise inspections by the Public Sector Units (PSUs), Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) officials are also continuing and during last 3 days, inspections at more than 3100 RO and LPG distributorships have been conducted, the Ministries of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ports, Shipping and Waterways apprised.
The Ministry said that the PSU and OMCs have strengthened and continued surprise inspections and imposed penalties on 463 LPG distributorships, and 81 LPG distributorships have been suspended till May 20.
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Despite the ongoing geopolitical situation, the ministry said that the Government has ensured that 100% supply is being made to Domestic LPG, Domestic PNG and CNG for the use of transportation.
For commercial LPG, priority has been given to hospitals, educational institutions. Besides this, priority has also been given to pharma, steel, automobile, seed, agriculture, etc. In addition to this, supply of 5 Kg FTL to migrant labour is also doubled based on avg. daily supply on 2nd and 3rd March 2026.
The Government has already implemented several rationalisation measures on both the supply and demand side, including enhancing refinery production, increasing the booking interval from 21 to 25 days in urban areas and up to 45 days in rural areas and prioritising sectors for supply.
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Since March 2026, about 7.64 Lakh PNG connections have been gasified and infrastructure has been created for additional 2.81 Lakh connections, taking the total to 10.45 lakh connections. Further, about 7.99 Lakh customers have been registered for new connections.
Till 20.05.2026, more than 58,500 PNG consumers have surrendered their LPG connections via MYPNGD.in website.
Crude Position and Refinery Operations
All refineries are operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories, while sufficient stocks of petrol and diesel are being maintained, the government said.
Domestic LPG production from refineries has been increased to support domestic consumption.
An inter-ministerial Joint Working Group (JWG) has been set up to ensure availability of petrochemical feedstock supply for the domestic market.
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