Why it is in the news
On 1 October 2026, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched National PNG Drive 3.0 and the MyPNG Portal at the 20th Foundation Day of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) in New Delhi. The drive, running to 31 March 2027, targets 50 lakh new domestic piped natural gas (PNG) connections — on a day when the price of the 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder was raised by about ₹65.
The exam angle
Issue: Turning near-universal CGD authorisation into actual gas use, so that piped gas becomes a pillar of household energy security and India's gas-based economy.