What share of India's liquefied petroleum gas goes to packed non-domestic cylinders and bulk users, and is it growing?

In 2025-26 the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) puts liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales at 33,169 thousand metric tonnes (TMT). Domestic use took 86.6%, packed non-domestic cylinders 9.0% (about 2,985 TMT, up from 8.6% of 31,328), bulk and private direct imports 4.2% and auto LPG 0.2%.

The split in both years

• 2025-26 (33,169 TMT): domestic 86.6% (about 28,724 TMT), packed non-domestic cylinders 9.0% (2,985), bulk and private direct imports 4.2% (1,393), auto LPG 0.2% (66).
• 2024-25 (31,328 TMT): domestic 88.3% (about 27,663), packed non-domestic cylinders 8.6% (2,694), bulk and private direct imports 2.9% (909), auto LPG 0.2% (63).
• Each year's shares add to 100.0. Table 6.8 prints 33,170 for 2025-26, a rounding gap of one against the chart.

What grew

The packed non-domestic slice grew from about 2,694 to 2,985 TMT, plus 10.8%, while the whole product grew 5.9%. The bulk and private direct imports slice grew from about 909 to 1,393, plus 53%. Together the two slices rose from 11.5% to 13.2% of sales. The Reckoner's marketing table also shows public sector bulk sales rising from 784 to 1,150 TMT.

The Reckoner's LPG text splits the 4.2% into bulk sales (3.5%) and private direct imports (0.8%), and calls the 9.0% the packed non-domestic segment. It does not say who buys the bulk gas, so this page does not add it to the industry share.

What the Reckoner says LPG is for

Its end-use table (9.6) reads: domestic and auto fuel, and also for industrial application where technically essential. So a 19 kilogram commercial cylinder in a canteen or workshop sits in the non-domestic slice in our reading, which is not a PPAC statement.

For your Scope 1 line

The national split does not change the factor. LPG is propane and butane, about 2.98 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram burned, and your Scope 1 is your own kilograms. If one bill covers canteen and process, split by cylinder tags or an issue register.

Arithmetic from the printed figures

• Packed non-domestic, 2025-26: 9.0% of 33,169 = 2,985 TMT; 2024-25: 8.6% of 31,328 = 2,694 TMT
• Growth: 2,985 / 2,694 = 1.108, plus 10.8%. Whole product: 33,170 / 31,328 = plus 5.9%
• Bulk and private direct imports: 4.2% of 33,169 = 1,393; 2.9% of 31,328 = 909; plus 53%
• Two slices together: 9.0 + 4.2 = 13.2%; 8.6 + 2.9 = 11.5%
• Check: 86.6 + 9.0 + 4.2 + 0.2 = 100.0

Tonnes come from whole-tenth percent shares, so each is good to about 20 TMT.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices and bills into records, so LPG kilograms from commercial cylinders or bulk gas are on file. It does not tell a canteen cylinder from a process one.

• One 19 kg LPG cylinder in CO2
• One LPG bill for canteen and process
• Is Indian LPG propane or butane
• LPG or piped gas: lower CO2 per unit of heat

Sources: PPAC Ready Reckoner FY 2025-26, Tables 6.1, 6.8, 9.6, the LPG chapter text and marketing table, and the sector-wise LPG charts

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. Figures are PPAC's for April to March 2025-26 and may be revised. The 2.98 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram is the IPCC 2006 based working figure used on the live LPG pages.