LPG
Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Bahlil Lahadalia menegaskan pemerintah tidak akan menaikkan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) dan LPG subsidi meski terjadi krisis geopolitik di Timur Tengah. Pernyataan ini disampaikan usai membuka Musyawarah Daerah XI Partai Golkar Sulawesi Utara di Manado pada 11 April 2026. Stok BBM dan LPG nasional dinyatakan aman untuk beberapa hari ke depan.
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The Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (Creg) has opened a regulatory sandbox to test changes in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) market before adopting definitive norms. The agency invited guilds, companies, public sector, and regional leaders to submit comments until April 17. The pilot aims to analyze more flexible operational schemes with guarantees of security and traceability.
Following earlier government assurances on LPG supplies amid West Asia conflict fears, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated steady availability during a Rajya Sabha discussion on supplementary grants. She detailed ramped-up domestic production and imports through the Strait of Hormuz, as opposition MPs raised shortage impacts on temples and livelihoods.
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On March 12, 2026, opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex against the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders. Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that the PM is panicked over the Epstein files and Adani case. Protesters raised slogans and demonstrated with a mock brick stove.