New Delhi, April 27 -- The Central government increased the allocation of commercial Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to 70 per cent to maintain market stability as energy imports faced disruptions from the West Asia crisis.

The decision aimed to protect domestic consumers and the transport sector while addressing recent instances of panic buying at various distribution points across the country.

"The allocation of commercial LPG has also been increased to 70%. There is still panic buying at many LPG distributors. We have a sufficient supply of LPG. And because of this, there is no dry out on any distributor. 93% of the supply is being done through the authentication code of the LPG cylinder," said Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing...