LPG eKYC deadline nears: How to complete the process and what happens if you don’t finish it by October 1
India is making Biometric Aadhaar Authentication (eKYC) mandatory from October 1, 2026, for households to continue receiving subsidized domestic LPG refills. This measure aims to eliminate ghost connections, prevent diversion of cooking gas cylinders, and ensure accurate direct benefit transfer payments to eligible beneficiaries. Consumers can complete the process via gas agencies, mobile apps, or during delivery, with non-compliant households receiving LPG at non-subsidized rates.
Why it matters
This policy change impacts millions of Indian households relying on subsidized LPG, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce fraud in a critical public welfare program and ensure transparent subsidy delivery.
Biometric Aadhaar Authentication (BAA), commonly referred to as eKYC, will become mandatory from October 1, 2026, for households to continue receiving subsidised domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refills.
When India began feeling the impact of the war in West Asia on fuel supplies, the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas stepped up efforts to carry out biometric authentication of LPG connections to weed out ghost connections and prevent the diversion of domestic cooking gas cylinders.
The biometric authentication mechanism is aimed at minimising the unauthorised diversion of domestic cooking gas cylinders and ensuring accurate tracking of direct benefit transfer (DBT) payments to eligible beneficiaries, as per an official communication.
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