50 lakh new gas connections

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): In a decisive move to counter the ongoing nationwide LPG crisis triggered by the West Asia conflict, the Government of India has announced a major acceleration of the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network. During a high-level roundtable review in New Delhi on Sunday, March 29, 2026, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) proposed the addition of 50 lakh new PNG connections to reduce the country’s heavy reliance on imported cooking gas cylinders. Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Manohar Lal, and Pralhad Joshi led the deliberations, emphasizing that PNG offers a more stable, affordable, and…