The state government has announced a revised allocation for non-domestic LPG cylinders by increasing the total supply to 66% of the total demand. The revised order, issued by the state emergency response cell under the civil supplies and consumer affairs department, comes in the wake of petroleum and natural gas ministry directives that allowed increased allocations to states under certain conditions.
The revised framework ensures that essential services will continue to be fully supplied with LPG. Hospitals, educational institutions, crematoria, hostels, IT parks, community kitchens and welfare institutions like retirement homes and orphanages will receive 100% of the required demand. Together, these sectors represent 70.05 tonnes per day, which is approximately 3,687 bottles per day, without supply restrictions.
The semi-essential sectors, including restaurants, hotels, catering facilities, food processing units and the pharmaceutical industry, will receive only about 63% of their demand, which is 419.81 tonnes per day or 22,097 bottles per day.
PNG connection
Industrial services such as steel, automobile, chemical and metallurgical industries, which have been denied any allocation so far, will now receive LPG at 62% of demand, but with specific conditions. In regions where the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network is active, industrial units will have to apply for Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections to remain eligible for LPG quota. These consumers can only receive LPG temporarily until their PNG connection is operational. However, units in areas without CGD coverage may continue to have access to LPG without these restrictions.
496.99 tonnes per day
After the revision, the total LPG allocation for Kerala stands at 496.99 tonnes per day, which is 66% of the state’s total demand of 753.01 tonnes. This corresponds to approximately 26,160 19 kg bottles per day.
Distribution will be managed according to each district’s share of demand. Ernakulam holds the largest share of the state’s demand at 19.39%, followed by Thiruvananthapuram at 17.16% and Thrissur at 10.36%. Oil marketing companies have been instructed to strictly adhere to district-level quotas.
Published – 29 March 2026 20:33 IST
