Jaipur: Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have put in place new categories for LPG supply, defining priority for households and industries at a time when demand is outstripping availability.Under the revised framework, domestic consumers, hospitals, and education institutes will continue to receive 100% of their previous usage. Other essential sectors, including pharmaceutical units, seed processing facilities, fisheries, and airline and railway canteens, will be supplied at 70% of their quota. Semi-essential sectors such as restaurants, dhabas, hotels, corporate and industrial canteens, guest houses, food processing units, and the dairy industry have been restricted to just 10% of their earlier consumption. For now, other industries remain outside the allocation list, though OMCs indicated that supplies may be extended depending on availability. This reclassification comes as Jaipur households grapple with technical failures in the booking and delivery authentication system. Frequent call drops during refill bookings and malfunctioning delivery codes has left consumers uncertain about securing timely refills. Many are now approaching distributors directly to confirm their requests, adding to the strain on the distribution network. Distributors admitted that the backlog of refill requests is steadily rising. “When customers are unable to book or get reference numbers, they start to panic. A glitch-free system would ease concerns, but the current breakdown is creating unnecessary stress,” said one distributor. While OMCs have not issued formal orders, distributors say they were informally instructed to follow the revised categorisation. The move underscores the growing strain on LPG distribution networks, where technical failures are aggravating the supply-demand imbalance. For households, the immediate concern remains the uncertainty of timely refills.
