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India LPG Cylinder Shortage

West Bengal faces a significant LPG crisis like other states of India, affecting middle-class households due to surging demand, supply chain disruptions, and panic buying. The crisis is largely caused by disruptions in imports from West Asia, particularly due to conflicts impacting key shipping routes like the Strait of Hormuz. With 60-67% of India's LPG imported from this region, shortages emerge, disrupting restaurants, hotels, and small businesses. There are long queues at agencies, rising black-market prices, and calls for rationing, with the state government protesting against the central government. A woman uses a pressure cooker on a gas stove burner to quickly cook rice amid the crisis in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 3, 2026. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#13434600
Date Taken	12 March 2026
Location	N/A
Photographer	Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto
Category	Economy, Business and Finance
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto

One Person Part Of West Bengal LPG crisis India middle-class households surging demand supply chain disruptions panic buying imports West Asia Iran-Israel conflict shipping routes Strait of Hormuz shortages restaurants hotels small businesses long queues agencies black-market prices rationing state government central government pressure cooker gas stove burner cooking rice Tehatta Soumyabrata Roy NurPhoto 2026 protests significant impact key shipping routes LPG imported.