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Amidst the ongoing Iran war at the global level and the deepening energy crisis, the central government has made another major and historic change in the rules to strengthen the country’s cooking gas system. After improving domestic gas prices, booking and delivery system, the government’s entire focus is now on promoting piped natural gas (PNG) connections. The Petroleum Ministry is continuously making efforts to reduce the dependence and increasing burden on LPG cylinders. In this context, the government has issued a new official notification and given huge relief to crores of consumers using PNG gas. Big relief to consumers: Now no one will snatch your LPG cylinder. After this important amendment made in the rules by the government, now domestic consumers will not have any legal obligation to surrender their old LPG cylinder and connection to get a PNG connection. That is, if you already have a conventional LPG cylinder in your house and you get a new PNG pipeline connection installed while upgrading your kitchen, you can still keep your LPG connection safe with you. ‘LPG Amendment Order 2026’ comes into force; Option of transfer voucher will also be available. According to the official notification ‘LPG (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Amendment Order 2026’ issued by the Central Government on 25 May 2026, the new rules have been implemented with immediate effect. Under the new guidelines, consumers will get the following facilities: 30 days moratorium: After the PNG connection is activated, if the customer wishes, he can voluntarily close the LPG connection within the next 30 days. Transfer Voucher Facility: Consumers will now have the great option of retaining their LPG connection with a ‘Transfer Voucher’ (TV) instead of surrendering it completely. The advantage of this will be that if they shift to another city or place in future, they will be able to reactivate their LPG connection immediately with the help of this voucher. Who will benefit most? The most direct and biggest benefit of this step of the government will be given to crores of tenants, students studying, migrant families and employees doing central or transferable jobs, who have to change cities every few months or years. Under the old strict rules, as soon as a consumer took a PNG connection, his LPG connection was compulsorily canceled or surrendered, due to which he had to face huge difficulties in getting a new gas connection again when he changed house or city. Cylinder delivery time improved amid war crisis. Despite global tensions and supply chain disruptions, there is news of relief on the domestic front. According to Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary of the Petroleum Ministry, there has been a significant improvement in the time from booking to delivery of LPG cylinders at home in the country. According to official data, in just the last 4 days, more than 1.7 crore domestic LPG refilling bookings have been registered across the country. He said that due to the ongoing war in West Asia, logistics had been deeply affected, due to which it was taking an average of 5 days for the cylinders to reach the consumers’ homes after booking. But after the rapid monitoring of the Ministry and the improvement of distribution network, this waiting period has now been reduced to 4.5 days, which is targeted to be reduced further in the coming days.