LPG Cylinder Rules: Big news for LPG customers! Who got big relief from the new rule of 30 and 90 days?

LPG Cylinder 30 90 Days New Rules: If you also use traditional LPG (LPG) cylinder for cooking in your home, then a new update from the government related to gas connection is very important for you. Recently, the Central Government has set strict rules of 30 days and 90 days to strictly implement the ‘One House, One Gas Connection’ policy.

This big change is mainly for those urban and developed areas where piped gas i.e. Piped Natural Gas (PNG) line has reached. According to the new rules, now both LPG and PNG connections can not be operated simultaneously at the same address. The direct aim of this entire exercise of the government is to completely eliminate duplicate and fake gas connections from the market, so that leakage of government subsidy can be completely stopped and its direct benefits can reach only the genuine needy beneficiaries.

But, meanwhile, there is also a relief news for the general public. If you live in a rural area or the piped gas (PNG) infrastructure has not yet reached your area, then you do not need to worry or take tension at all. Consumers in non-PNG areas can continue their LPG cylinder connections without any worries as before.

Understand what is the complete mathematics of strict deadline of 30 days

The Petroleum Ministry and the country’s leading oil companies have prepared a clear and strict blueprint to completely stop this system of dual gas connections. According to the new rules, if a consumer gets a new PNG connection installed in his house, it will be absolutely mandatory for him to surrender his old LPG connection within a stipulated time frame. For this, a time of 30 days has been set by the government.

This can be understood with a very easy example. Suppose, if the PNG line is commissioned in a consumer’s house on June 1 and gas supply starts, then he will have to return his old LPG cylinder connection to the concerned gas agency by June 30. This step has been taken so that after the end of the transition period, no consumer can take unnecessary and illegal advantage of the dual fuel option.

90 day ultimatum: If you are careless, your old connection will be disconnected

The rules are slightly different and stricter for those areas where PNG pipelines have already been laid and gas supply is running smoothly. Consumers living in such areas who have not yet taken PNG connection in their homes and are dependent on old cylinders, are being given a last time of 90 days by the oil companies to shift to the new network.

Various gas agencies have also started sending official notices in this regard to their registered customers. If a consumer does not shift to the PNG network even after the expiry of this prescribed notice period of 90 days, his existing LPG connection may be temporarily suspended or completely canceled. This decision of the government has been taken to rapidly divert people towards the safe, cheap and 24×7 piped PNG option.

On which areas and people will this restriction not apply?

Amidst all this new rule, it is very important for the common consumers to understand that LPG cylinders are not going to disappear completely from the market. For consumers who live in rural areas or in urban colonies and towns where PNG infrastructure (pipeline) has not yet reached, home delivery of LPG cylinders will continue as before under the old rules.

This 30 or 90 day deadline of the government is not going to have any impact on these consumers. The intention of the government is very clear that the first priority is to promote the use of clean fuel like PNG in metros and big cities, so that heavy transportation of gas cylinders and the accidents caused by it can be avoided. Where the pipeline has not yet been accessible, there has not been even an iota of change in the old rules for LPG cylinders.