Domestic LPG production up 38%, informs Centre

Domestic production now estimated at more than 48,000 tonnes on a day-to-day basis; increase follows issuance of supply maintenance orders Domestic LPG production has increased 38% till date since the supply maintenance orders were issued, Union government officials said at a briefing on Tuesday. In February, as per government data, domestic LPG production was slightly more than 1 million tonne. Normally, India’s daily LPG consumption is around 90,000 tonne on an average. Out of this, 55,000 tonnes comes from imports and 35,000 from domestic production on a proportionate basis.