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What are the objectives of the National PNG Drive 3.0? | Explained

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What are the objectives of the National PNG Drive 3.0? | Explained

The story so far: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), along with city-gas distributors and oil-marketing companies, on Thursday (October 1, 2026) launched the National PNG Drive 3.0 with the target of enrolling 50 lakh domestic-piped natural gas (D-PNG) connections by the end of the fiscal year 2027. The broader objective is to…

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PNG Drive 3.0 targets 50 lakh new connections, shifts focus to gas network utilisation

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PNG Drive 3.0 targets 50 lakh new connections, shifts focus to gas network utilisation

Piped Natural Gas (PNG) installed in a house | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, along with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and city-gas distributors, on Thursday launched National PNG Drive 3.0, stepping up efforts to accelerate the shift towards piped natural gas (PNG) for households. The latest…

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PNG Drive 3.0 targets 50 lakh new connections, shifts focus to gas network utilisation

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PNG Drive 3.0 targets 50 lakh new connections, shifts focus to gas network utilisation

Piped Natural Gas (PNG) installed in a house | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, along with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and city-gas distributors, on Thursday launched National PNG Drive 3.0, stepping up efforts to accelerate the shift towards piped natural gas (PNG) for households. The latest…

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Centre pushes States to speed up PNG adoption, seeks district-level officers to drive LPG-to-gas transition

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Centre pushes States to speed up PNG adoption, seeks district-level officers to drive LPG-to-gas transition

The Petroleum Ministry has asked States and Union Territories to provide district-level administrative support to accelerate the shift of households from LPG to piped natural gas (PNG), seeking the appointment of nodal officers to coordinate with gas distributors and oil marketing companies. In an August 21 letter to State Chief Secretaries, Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal…

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Government to allocate additional 200 SCM gas in latest push for domestic PNG

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Government to allocate additional 200 SCM gas in latest push for domestic PNG

A piped natural gas (PNG) regulator. File | Photo Credit: Siddhant Thakur Seeking to further fuel its push for adoption of piped natural gas (PNG), the government on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) evening announced eligible city-gas distributors (CGDs) would be allocated an additional 200 standard cubic metres (SCM) of the lower-priced Administered Price Mechanism (APM)…

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