Amendment in LPG Control Order, 2000

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14032026-270962 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1274] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026/PHALGUNA 23, 1947 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 14th March, 2026 S.O. 1333(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 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000, namely:- 1. (1) This Order may be called the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) 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 3, after sub clause(4), following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely: (5) No person having a Piped Natural Gas connection and also having domestic LPG connection shall retain a domestic LPG connection, or take refills of domestic LPG cylinders from any Government oil company, or through their distributors. Such persons will be required to immediately surrender their domestic LPG connection. (6) No person having a Piped Natural Gas connection, shall obtain a domestic LPG connection, or take refills of domestic LPG cylinders from any Government oil company, or through their distributors. 3. In the said order, in Schedule-I, for serial number 13, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely:- Prohibited Activities (for Government Oil companies) "13. Providing a domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas connection, and/or supplying domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinder refills to a consumer who already owns a Piped Natural Gas connection. [F. No. M-13017(11)/3/2026-LPG-PNG] RAMESH KRISHNA, Under Secy. Note. The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 487 (E), dated the 26th April, 2000 and was subsequently amended vide number G.S.R. 177(E), dated 6th March, 2002, number G.S.R. 730(E), dated 22nd November, 2007, number G.S.R. 655(E), dated 10th September, 2009, number G.S.R. 452(E), dated 26th May, 2010, number G.S.R. 718(E), dated 26th September, 2011, number G.S.R. 647(E), dated 22nd August, 2012, number G.S.R. 791(E), dated 25th October, 2012., number G.S.R. 781(E), dated 16th December 2013 and number G.S.R. 721(E), dated 14th October 2014. 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. SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA