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Core Purpose

The Central Government issues an order to further amend the Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and Expansion of Pipelines and Other Facilities) Order, 2026.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, exercising powers under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), issued Order S.O. 3001(E) on June 10, 2026, to introduce the Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and Expansion of Pipelines and Other Facilities) Second Amendment Order, 2026. This amendment, effective upon its publication in the Official Gazette on June 11, 2026, inserts a proviso under clause 7, sub-clause (b) of the principal order. The proviso specifies that communication regarding the stopping of LPG supply is not required if the CGD entity has maintained records of providing notice through specific methods. These methods include a notice under sub-clause (4) of clause 5, written communication to residents welfare associations, apartment owners associations, cooperative housing societies, facility management agencies or similar organizations for publicity, hand delivery to the address, delivery of posters/flyers/pamphlets to the address and distribution within the housing area, or notice via text message, telephone, or recorded voice message. The principal notification was S.O. 1536(E) dated March 24, 2026, and was previously amended by S.O. 2193(E) dated May 4, 2026. The order was signed by Vikas Singh, Director, under file number F. No. L-16016/6/2026-GP-I-Part (1) (E: 55758).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11062026-273353 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2903] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026/JYAISTHA 21, 1948 4226 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS ORDER New Delhi, the 10th June, 2026 S.O. 3001(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following order further to amend the Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and Expansion of Pipelines and Other Facilities) Order, 2026, namely:— 1. (1) This Order may be called the Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and Expansion of Pipelines and Other Facilities) Second Amendment Order, 2026. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the said order, under clause 7, in sub-clause (b), the following shall be inserted: “provided that such communication shall not be required where the CGD entity has maintained records that it has provided such notice in any of the following manner: (i) notice under sub-clause (4) of clause 5, (ii) written communication has already been issued to the residents welfare association, apartment owners association, cooperative housing society, facility management agency or similar organizations in the housing area, by whatever name called, with a request to publicize the same to all households, (iii) a communication has been delivered by hand to the address, (iv) notice in the form of posters, flyers, pamphlets or any other form of handout have been delivered to the relevant address as well as distributed within the housing area including the housing society, housing area where the relevant address of a household is situated, or (v) notice has already been issued by text message or telephonically or by recorded voice message, that supply of LPG to the relevant address shall be stopped." [F. No. L-16016/6/2026-GP-I-Part (1) (E: 55758)] VIKAS SINGH, Director Note.- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 1536(E), dated the 24th March, 2026 and was subsequently amended vide number S.O. 2193(E), dated 4th May, 2026. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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