BIG NEWS
- Rupee tanks 86 paise to settle at fresh all-time low of 94.82 against US dollar
- Govt raises commercial LPG allocation to 70% of pre-war levels, prioritises key industries
- Govt raises commercial LPG allocation to 70% of pre-war levels, prioritises key industries
- Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah takes oath as Nepal's youngest prime minister
- Sebi reviews exit letter of HDFC Bank's former chairman Atanu Chakraborty for possible governance lapses
- J-K Police raids multiple locations across three districts in connection with terror case
- 13 killed in Andhra bus fire, CM Naidu condoles
- Over 1,300 posts of IAS and 505 of IPS remain vacant: Government tells Lok Sabha
- Bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur kills 4,400 chickens
- Gujarat assembly passes Uniform Civil Code Bill, mandates common law for marriage, divorce, inheritance
Govt raises commercial LPG allocation to 70% of pre-war levels, prioritises key industries
Public Lokpal
March 27, 2026
Govt raises commercial LPG allocation to 70% of pre-war levels, prioritises key industries
New Delhi: The central government has increased commercial LPG allocations to states by 20 per cent, taking the total supply to 70 per cent of pre-war demand, in a move aimed at supporting industrial activity across key sectors.
In a letter to state chief secretaries, Oil Secretary Neeraj Mittal said the enhanced allocation should be directed towards labour-intensive industries such as steel, automobiles, textiles, dyes, chemicals and plastics, which also underpin several essential supply chains.
"In addition to the existing 50 per cent allocation, an additional 20 per cent is now proposed, that would bring the total commercial LPG allocation to 70 per cent of the pre-crisis level of the packed non-domestic LPG," he wrote.
PTI
