LPG

The booking gap for rural consumers was cut from 45 days to 25. Intervals had been stretched in March 2026 during the West Asia conflict. India imports about 60% of its LPG, of which 90% once came through the Strait of Hormuz; the United States now supplies nearly two-thirds of that import basket.

Oil marketing companies raised the price of the commercial LPG cylinder by ₹10 and aviation turbine fuel by ₹6.28 a litre from 1 September, reversing two months of cuts. Domestic LPG consumption fell about 16% in August, with new connections still on hold because of the West Asia conflict.

The Petroleum Ministry has paused the release of new LPG connections, calling it a temporary measure forced by the geopolitical situation. Distributors are pushing 5-kg free-trade cylinders and 10-kg composite cylinders as alternatives. Six months into the war, the Strait of Hormuz remains practically closed: average flows are about 0.25 million barrels a day against 15 million before the conflict.