{"id":5723,"date":"2026-04-19T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/panel-calls-for-shift-to-smart-prepaid-metering-for-domestic-png-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:45:02","slug":"panel-calls-for-shift-to-smart-prepaid-metering-for-domestic-png-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/panel-calls-for-shift-to-smart-prepaid-metering-for-domestic-png-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel calls for shift to smart prepaid metering for domestic PNG | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130371937,imgsize-186108,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/israel-iran-war-pngrb-directs-city-gas-distributors-to-provide-png-connections-to-educational-institutions-community-ktichens.jpg\" alt=\"Panel calls for shift to smart prepaid metering for domestic PNG\" title=\"Representational image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: An industry committee has recommended a nationwide shift to smart prepaid metering for domestic piped natural gas (PNG), calling it a \u201ccritical and forward-looking reform\u201d for the sector.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In a report submitted recently to Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), the committee said the shift is essential to address long-standing challenges such as billing inefficiencies, consumer defaults, high operational costs, safety risks and limited visibility on consumption and network performance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>It has recommended installation of smart prepaid meters on all new connections within six months of regulatory amendments, along with a four-phase rollout plan to replace existing conventional meters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>As of Jan 31, there were nearly 1.65 crore domestic PNG connections, besides 48,568 commercial and 21,512 industrial connections, of which 1.03 crore were active. Amid global disruptions in LPG supply, govt has accelerated PNG adoption, with 4.8 lakh connections gasified since March and 5.3 lakh new registrations recorded.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>While some gas companies have begun installing smart meters on a limited scale, they are using different technologies in absence of standardised guidelines and necessary regulatory changes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The five-member panel, headed by PNGRB secretary Anjan Kumar Mishra, carried out a detailed technical and economic assessment and held consultations with gas companies before making its recommendations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Since gas companies stand to gain most from the transition &#8212; through lower bad debts, reduced manual billing costs and improved cash flows &#8212; committee has suggested that the additional costs on account of the change should not be passed on to consumers but absorbed by CGD entities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/panel-calls-for-shift-to-smart-prepaid-metering-for-domestic-png\/articleshow\/130371856.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: An industry committee has recommended a nationwide shift to smart prepaid metering for domestic piped natural gas (PNG), calling it a \u201ccritical and forward-looking reform\u201d for the sector.In a report submitted recently to Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), the committee said the shift is essential to address long-standing challenges such as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}