The federal government on Saturday introduced that beginning October 1, 2026, home LPG shoppers might want to have accomplished Biometric Aadhaar Authentication (BAA) to ebook refills on the regulated Retail Promoting Value (RSP) with relevant subsidy.
The step will be certain that subsidised LPG reaches solely real and deserving households. “Linking every connection to the Aadhaar-authenticated client helps stop diversion of subsidised home cylinders for industrial and industrial use, removes duplicate and ineligible connections, and makes subsidy supply clear and focused,” the Ministry of Petroleum and Pure Gasoline (MoPNG) mentioned in an announcement.
It added that the method isn’t meant to disclaim LPG to any real family, and each eligible client has a number of straightforward methods to finish it. Beginning October 1, shoppers who’ve already accomplished BAA don’t must do it once more and their refills will proceed as earlier than. Nevertheless, for shoppers who haven’t accomplished BAA, refill reserving at RSP with subsidy will probably be enabled as soon as authentication is accomplished.
Shoppers can full BAA throughout refill supply or on the distributor’s showroom. They’ll additionally full the method on the oil advertising corporations’ cellular purposes.
“Shoppers who’re unwilling or unable to finish BAA can nonetheless obtain LPG. They might want to register this alternative on their OMC’s digital channels: the patron internet portal, cellular app, WhatsApp chatbot, IVRS or different accessible channels. These shoppers will probably be provided LPG on the relevant market worth, with none subsidy, in 5 kg or 10 kg cylinders, topic to native availability with the OMC,” the ministry mentioned.
It added that 27.43 crore energetic home LPG shoppers have accomplished BAA, a protection of 89.9 per cent, as of September 19, 2026. Shoppers had been first requested to finish BAA by June 30, 2026. The deadline was prolonged a number of instances to present shoppers extra time: to July 31, August 7, August 15, August 23, August 31, September 7 and at last September 14, 2026.
Since October 2023, the OMCs have run a nationwide outreach drive, with greater than 12 crore SMS and WhatsApp messages despatched for the aim. Distributors and supply workers have adopted up individually with shoppers but to authenticate.
The ministry mentioned home LPG is offered under price and the implicit subsidy for September 2026 is round ₹210 per 14.2 kg cylinder. In June 2026, it had reached ₹721 per cylinder.
As a way to maintain home LPG reasonably priced, the federal government paid OMCs compensation of ₹22,000 crore in FY23 and is paying ₹30,000 crore throughout FY26 and FY27. Even after this, collected under-recoveries of public sector OMCs on home LPG exceeded ₹62,000 crore as of August 31, 2026. In response to the federal government, directing the subsidy solely to real shoppers is crucial to sustaining it.
