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Rural Telangana leads India in LPG usage 95.3% households rely on it: report Guwahati, Mar 07 (ANI): A worker moves an LPG cylinder, as the price of domestic LPG cylinders has been increased with effect from March 7 2026, in Guwahati on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

Hyderabad: Rural Telangana has emerged as the national leader in the use of LPG as the primary cooking fuel, with 95.3% of rural households relying on it, according to a new SBI Research analysis of household consumption patterns.According to the report, India’s Consumption Journey, Telangana recorded an overall LPG penetration of 84.4%, with usage at 95.3% in rural areas and 73% in urban areas. The findings are particularly striking as Telangana is among the few states where rural households have reported substantially higher LPG usage than their urban counterparts.The rural penetration figure is the highest among the states covered in the report, ahead of Andhra Pradesh (86.9%), Punjab (84.1%), Tamil Nadu (81.4%) and Karnataka (81.5%). In contrast, several states continue to report considerably lower rural LPG penetration. Chhattisgarh recorded just 15.3%, Odisha 16.8%, Jharkhand 17.2% and Rajasthan 22.9%, highlighting the uneven adoption of clean cooking fuel across the country.The findings are based on SBI Research’s analysis of the National Statistics Office’s Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24, conducted between August 2023 and July 2024. The analysis covered 2,61,953 households across rural and urban India.Industry representatives attributed Telangana’s high LPG penetration to a combination of welfare schemes introduced by the state and central govts, along with corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that have expanded access to cooking gas, particularly in rural areas.“Nearly half of the state’s population has benefited from various initiatives aimed at improving LPG access over the past 10 to 15 years. Telangana currently has around 1.3 crore active LPG consumers. Of these, an estimated 40 lakh consumers gained access to LPG through various state govt schemes,” said Jagan Mohan Reddy, president of the Telangana LPG Distributors Association.He added: “Central govt initiatives facilitated another 10 lakh connections. CSR programmes have helped an additional five lakh people access LPG.”