India loses 6.2 million LPG customers in months as Iran war hits Gulf supplies
The decline has taken place against the backdrop of the Iran war and its impact on LPG availability from the Gulf region. Before the war, the region accounted for around 90% of India's LPG imports.
The US-Iran war has led to a significant decline in India's LPG customer base for the first time in over a decade. Around 6.2 million households stopped using LPG between April and August as supplies from the Gulf region were disrupted by the conflict. This contraction comes after years of steady expansion in LPG adoption, with the number of customers rising from 148.6 million in 2015-16 to 333.9 million at the beginning of the current fiscal year.
The drop in LPG customers is largely due to oil companies halting the issuance of new connections and tightening checks on existing customers amid supply disruptions.
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