The Maharashtra government has directed all district collectors to follow a revised priority-based system for distributing limited stocks of commercial (non-domestic) LPG cylinders, in line with fresh guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

In an official letter issued on Thursday, the state Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department asked district administrations to allocate LPG as per the updated priority list prepared by the Centre. This follows an increase in overall allocation to states, now being raised to 70% of pre-crisis levels in phases.