{"id":97459,"date":"2026-03-25T11:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/03\/25\/no-shortage-of-fuel-centre-assures-lpg-diesel-and-petrol-supply-pushes-png-kerosene\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:38:17","slug":"no-shortage-of-fuel-centre-assures-lpg-diesel-and-petrol-supply-pushes-png-kerosene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/03\/25\/no-shortage-of-fuel-centre-assures-lpg-diesel-and-petrol-supply-pushes-png-kerosene\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No shortage of fuel\u2019: Centre assures LPG, diesel and petrol supply; pushes PNG, kerosene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129798758,imgsize-68786,width-400,resizemode-4\/1280720-2026-03-25t161414232.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018No shortage of fuel\u2019: Centre assures LPG, diesel and petrol supply; pushes PNG, kerosene\" title=\"Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing &amp; Oil Refinery)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing &amp; Oil Refinery)\">Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing &amp; Oil Refinery)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Centre on Wednesday said there was no shortage of LPG in the country, and that it was prioritising Piped Natural Gas, adding that it had adequate diesel and petrol supply.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>\u201cDomestic PNG connections are a top priority for the Government of India, and 100% of them are being supplied. <!-- -->Similarly, CNG used for transportation is also being made available to 100% of consumers,\u201d Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing &amp; Oil Refinery), ministry of petroleum &amp; natural gas, said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Addressing concerns over fuel availability, the government urged people not to pankeric. \u201cWe have the capacity to refine approximately 26 crore tons of crude oil annually. Over the past two days, we have seen lines outside retail outlets and petrol pumps in many areas, and panic buying has also been observed. We have sufficient petrol and diesel available. There is no shortage at any petrol pump,\u201d it said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cTherefore, do not believe rumours and avoid panic buying. There has been no increase in the price of petrol and diesel,\u201d the government said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Assuring people of the supply of LPG, the government said, \u201cRegarding LPG, there is no shortage at any distributorship. Online booking is good. Approximately 26 states have allocated 22,000 tons of commercial LPG so far, and this allocation is nationwide.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>To check misuse, the government said, both the Center and states have stepped up enforcement. \u201cYesterday, approximately 2700 raids were conducted in various states, and approximately 2000 cylinders were seized.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The government also said that kerosene was made available as an alternative fuel. \u201cRegarding kerosene, the Government of India has made additional allocations as an alternate fuel option to all state governments, and allocation orders have been issued in approximately 16 states and union territories,\u201d it said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The government also clarified that reports claiming a change in LPG refill booking timelines were false. It said the existing refill booking timelines remained unchanged and continue as before.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/no-shortage-of-fuel-centre-assures-lpg-diesel-and-petrol-supply-pushes-png-kerosene\/articleshow\/129798261.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary (Marketing &amp; Oil Refinery) Centre on Wednesday said there was no shortage of LPG in the country, and that it was prioritising Piped Natural Gas, adding&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1280720-2026-03-25t161414232.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}