New Delhi: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has issued a new notification, titled the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Amendment Order, 2026, which introduces strict restrictions on consumers holding both piped natural gas (PNG) and domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections.
This order, published in the Gazette of India on March 14, 2026, takes effect immediately upon its publication.
Under the new regulations, any individual who currently possesses both a PNG connection and a domestic LPG connection is prohibited from retaining the LPG service. These individuals are also barred from receiving refills for domestic LPG cylinders from any government oil company or their authorized distributors.
The government mandates that such consumers must surrender their domestic LPG connections immediately. Furthermore, the amendment explicitly prevents any person who already has a PNG connection from obtaining a new domestic LPG connection or purchasing LPG refills in the future.
The amendment also places new responsibilities on government oil companies by updating the list of prohibited activities in Schedule-I of the original 2000 order.
It is now officially a prohibited activity for these companies to provide a domestic LPG connection or supply cylinder refills to any consumer who is already a PNG subscriber. This legislative change was exercise under the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.