Centre Raises Commercial LPG Allocation to 70 pc 'Supply Concerns'

The decision aimed to protect domestic consumers and the transport sector while addressing recent instances of panic buying at various distribution points across the country. 

"The allocation of commercial LPG has also been increased to 70%. There is still panic buying at many LPG



distributors. We have a sufficient supply of LPG. And because of this, there is no dry out on any distributor. 93% of the supply is being done through the authentication code of the LPG cylinder," said Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing & Oil Refinery) in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, addressing an inter-ministerial briefing on Monday. 

In the commercial sector, in the month of April, more than 165,600 tons of commercial LPG have been sold, up from approximately 1,29,500 tons in March.