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India domestic piped natural gas expansion

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The Indian government is accelerating the transition from Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders to Piped Natural Gas (PNG) for households. Under the LPG Control Order 2026, residents in areas where PNG infrastructure is available will be prohibited from maintaining both LPG and PNG connections simultaneously. To facilitate this shift, Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal has requested state and Union Territory governments to appoint district-level nodal officers to coordinate with gas distribution companies. Additionally, the government is establishing PNG Coordination Committees in every geographical area to identify eligible households and issue statutory notices. To support the broader energy infrastructure, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has approved a ₹7,000 crore expansion of the LPG pipeline network. Managed by GAIL (India) Limited, this 1,800-km project will span Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, and Goa. Upon completion, the authorized common-carrier LPG pipeline network is expected to expand by approximately 23.5%, increasing from 7,700 km to 9,500 km. Effective September 1, 2026, a new incentive scheme supports City Gas Distribution (CGD) entities to expand household networks and convert inactive connections. Under this program, eligible distributors that exceed a fixed threshold of domestic connections in their assigned areas will receive an additional allocation of 200 standard cubic metres of cheaper, domestically produced APM gas for every incremental billed domestic PNG connection. This ~~allocation is intended to help companies replace more expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) used in transport segments, thereby reducing overall sourcing costs. The government expects this~~ program aims to reduce the payback period for capital expenditure on household connections from approximately 10 years to nearly three years. ~~As of August 31,~~ On October 1, 2026, ~~the deadline for completing Aadhaar-based biometric e-KYC~~ Union Minister for ~~LPG connections has passed.~~ Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri launched ‘National PNG Drive 3.0’. Running through March 31, 2027, the campaign aims to increase the share of natural gas in India’s energy mix, which currently stands at approximately 6 percent. The initiative targets 5 million new domestic PNG connections, the reactivation of 4 million inactive connections, and 5 million new registrations, with a focus on expanding networks into semi-urban and rural areas under the ‘One Nation, One Gas Grid’ framework.

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