Overview
- The Petroleum Ministry, which urged daily state press briefings Friday, said rumours had driven panic buying and told officials to crack down on hoarding and black marketing.
- The government, in a Lok Sabha reply Thursday, reported about a 40% rise in LPG output after ordering refineries to divert propane and butane streams to LPG and said PSU firms booked 2.2 million tonnes from the US for 2026.
- States moved to speed piped natural gas access, with Maharashtra granting 24-hour or deemed approvals, Odisha pushing urban rollouts with delivery code checks, and Madhya Pradesh ordering quick clearances alongside seizures and extra allocations.
- Raids exposed illegal refilling and stockpiles, including 414 cylinders found in a Hyderabad graveyard, new action in Delhi’s Alipur after a TV sting, and separate police cases in Mumbai over unlawful storage.
- Shortfalls continue to disrupt daily life as Mumbai restaurant owners report receiving one cylinder where they once got ten and some migrants and students in the NCR turn to costly black-market gas or leave for home.