Govt to offer city gas distributers 200 scm extra gas to push household PNG switch

New Delhi: The government will offer city gas distributors an additional 200 standard cubic metres (SCM) of lower-priced domestic natural gas for every new billed household piped-gas connection, stepping up incentives for companies to accelerate the switch from LPG to piped gas to household kitchens for cooking.

The incentive, approved by the government and effective from September 1, will apply to incremental domestic piped cooking gas, or piped natural gas (PNG), connections above a threshold set for each geographical area.