India is dramatically expanding piped natural gas (PNG) adoption, adding over 5 lakh new connections as disruptions strain cooking gas supplies. The government and utilities are pushing households and industries to shift from LPG to PNG for convenience, while LPG availability is managed in parallel. New pipeline installations are being fast-tracked to sustain the rollout.
After two decades of building PNG networks, just around 16 million households are connected, leaving the vast majority still reliant on LPG for cooking. With more than 330 million homes depending on LPG, the promised shift to pipeline gas remains slow—highlighting how supply, infrastructure rollout, and affordability challenges continue to stall the transition.
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