Gas Cylinder Rules Deadline For June 30, 2026: 5 Big Changes In Indane Gas, Bharat Gas, HP Gas Booking Ahead

A host of deadlines await Indian households' LPG cylinder bookings. These include eKYC for LPG subsidies to adopting PNG facilities in localities where there is PNG infrastructure. Also, LPG prices in India are expected to be revised from the next month in both domestic and commercial cylinders.

1. Indane Gas, HP Gas & Bharat Gas LPG Connections To Be Stopped On June 30?

Various rules are announced by the government since the US-Israel war against Iran in late February. The aim is to ensure LPG allocation in priority sectors, delivery to genuine customers and expansion to PNG adoption. Among them is also making LPG Aadhaar-Biometric Authentication mandatory.

In March, the government made it mandatory for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries to do an Aadhaar-based authentication. As per the latest direction, the ministry clarified that the requirement of eKYC applies to those LPG consumers who have not done eKYC so far. If you are a non-PMUY customer and have done it before, then you are not required to do the LPG biometric Aadhaar authentication.

However, the government has clarified that the requirement of eKYC applies to those LPG consumers who have not done eKYC so far. If you are a non-PMUY customer and have done it before, then you are not required to do the LPG biometric Aadhaar authentication.

Last week, Indian Oil directed customers to complete their eKYC BY June 30, 2026 to keep your LPG subsidy active.

2. No Dual Gas Connection:

Under the new LPG-PNG rules, if you have switched to PNG connections, you must surrender your LPG connections. If PNG infrastructure is available in your locality, you must apply for a PNG connection and then eventually terminate your LPG connection.

If you have both LPG and PNG connections, you are required to give up your Indane Gas, Bharat Gas and HP Gas connections. Hence, the 'No Dual Connection' policy is being practiced.

That said, holding both LPG and PNG together is a prohibited activity.

3. PNG Customers Banned From New LPG Connection

Also, in March 2026, as per the circular, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued new rules for gas cylinder connections. One of them included that any person who has a piped natural gas (PNG) connection and also a domestic LPG connection is prohibited from applying for new LPG connections or banned from LPG refills from any government-backed oil marketing companies or through any distributors.

Simply put, if you have a PNG connection, you cannot apply for new LPG or apply for a refill of LPG.

4. Indane Gas, HP Gas, Bharat Gas Connections To Be Cut By June 30?

While banning PNG customers from applying for or refilling LPGs, the government also issued a new order titled Natural Gas and Petroleum Products Distribution (Through Laying, Building, Operation and Expansion of Pipelines and Other Facilities) Order, 2026, on March 24, 2026.

Under the new order, the government fixed a 3-month timeline for LPG customers to switch to PNG connections if PNG infrastructure is available in their locality or area.

The order said LPG supply shall cease if a household does not switch to PNG despite the availability. Any non-compliance could lead to suspension of LPG. This order was announced in March and the timeline to switch to PNG completely was given as 90 days, which ends in June. However, the government has not announced any specific deadline to remove LPG connections.

This deadline is expected to be June 30th.

5. LPG Prices In India Hike Or Cut:

The focus has once again shifted to LPG prices in India as the US and Iran decide to sign a peace agreement. The deal includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which was shut for nearly three months, escalating the global energy crisis and major supply shortages for LPG cylinders in India. Oil marketing companies have been pushed to hike LPG prices due to the West Asia tensions. But with the signs of de-escalation, could LPG prices fall ahead?

In June month so far, LPG prices witnessed significant hikes. With effect from June 1st, 19 Kg commercial LPG cylinder prices are hiked by Rs 43.50 per cylinder to Rs 53.50 per cylinder across major metro cities.

At present, a single 19 Kg LPG cylinder is priced at Rs 3,113.50 in Delhi, at Rs 3,067.50 in Mumbai, at Rs 3,283 in Chennai and at Rs 3,255.5 per cylinder in Kolkata.

The latest hike came in 14.2 Kg domestic LPG prices in India on June 7, 2026. The 14.2 kg LPG cylinders, which are used widely by Indian households, are hiked by Rs 29 per cylinder across cities.

14.2 Kg LPG cylinder is at Rs 942 in Delhi, at Rs 941.50 in Mumbai, at Rs 968 in Kolkata and at Rs 957.50 in Chennai.

Notably, 14.2 Kg LPG prices are hiked twice since US-Israel-Iran war began in late-February. But 19Kg LPG prices were hiked by five times between March 1st to June 1st.