Roundtable on Expansion of PNG Services and Maintaining Essential Services in Urban areas

• A March 2026 Vigyan Bhavan Roundtable convened by MoHUA, MoPNG and MoCAFPD to accelerate Piped Natural Gas (PNG) rollout in cities and safeguard essential services.
• Headline target: 50 lakh new PNG connections in urban India, with a focus on 110 identified Geographic Areas (GAs).
• Relevant for UPSC under urban governance, energy transition, City Gas Distribution (CGD) regulation by PNGRB, and cooperative federalism.