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If you too are thinking of getting a piped natural gas (PNG) connection in your house instead of LPG cylinder, or have got it installed, then there is a big relief news for you from the Central Government. The government has issued a new amendment order, under which even after adopting PNG, your old LPG connection will remain completely safe and you will be able to get it back easily if needed in future.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has given a special option of ‘Transfer Voucher’ for this. Let us know about this new rule of the government and what benefits it will bring to the consumers:
What is the new Amendment Order 2026?
The Central Government has notified the ‘Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Amendment Order 2026’ on 25 May 2026. The main objective of this new amendment is to provide more flexibility and peace of mind to the consumers taking domestic PNG connections, so that people can shift to safe and modern PNG gas without any fear.
Under the revised rules, consumers will get these 2 big options
As per the new provisions, domestic consumers who have an LPG connection and are also taking a new PNG connection will now have the following options:
1.Surrender rule within 30 days:Option 1.
After the consumer gets PNG supply started in his house or gets the connection. within 30 days You can voluntarily apply to remove or surrender your old LPG connection.
2. ‘Transfer Vouchers’ for the future:Option 2.
If the consumer wishes, he can contact his gas company to ‘Transfer Voucher’ Can achieve. This voucher will be a guarantee that in future, if the consumer shifts to an area or city where PNG pipeline infrastructure is not available, then with the help of this voucher his old LPG connection will be restored immediately and without any hassle.
Who will get the most benefit from this transfer voucher?
This step of the government will prove to be a game-changer for those people who often move from one place to another. These classes will get special benefit from this:
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Employees to be transferred: Government or private sector employees who get transferred every few years.
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Tenants and Students: People changing rented houses in connection with studies or job.
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Migrant Family: Families migrating from one state to another.
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People shifting to non-PNG area: People who are currently living in a developed area of PNG, but are planning to build their house in future in a new or rural area where the pipeline has not yet reached.
Data figures: PNG’s scope is increasing rapidly in the country
According to government data, the trend of piped cooking gas is increasing very rapidly in the country:
| PNG connection and LPG status | Latest government figures (till May 2026) |
| Surrendered LPG connections | more than 59,800 PNG consumers have surrendered their old LPG connections. |
| Recently Gasified Connections | From March this year till now 7.99 lakh New PNG connections have been successfully gasified. |
| new infrastructure | close to 2.87 lakh Infrastructure to extend the pipeline to additional homes has been created. |
| Total PNG Connections | Total number of active PNG connections in the country now 10.86 lakh Has crossed the figure of. |
Panic buying ended, supplies improved: The Central Government has also made it clear on Monday (May 25) that the delivery of domestic LPG cylinders in the country has now been speeded up. Along with meeting the existing demand, the old backlog has also been cleared. ‘Panic buying’ (booking more cylinders due to fear) has completely ended from the markets and the availability of LPG is better and smoother than ever before.
