Centre restores non-domestic packed LPG supplies to pre-crisis levels

New Delhi, June 25 -- In a major relief to industrial and commercial LPG consumers, the Centre on Thursday removed all sectoral restrictions on the supply of non-domestic packed LPG and restored supplies to the levels prevailing before the West Asia crisis.

Further, the supply of bulk LPG, which had been suspended at the onset of the crisis, has been relaxed by 50 per cent of the pre-crisis consumption levels, providing significant relief to commercial and industrial consumers.

"The restoration follows the recent improvement in the LPG supply situation," the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said.

During the West Asia crisis, to augment domestic LPG production, the union government had issued orders under the Essential Commodities Ac...