Total LPG consumption in India recorded a positive growth continuously for the last sixty two months and rose by 4.8% during October 2018. The consumption recorded accumulative growth of 6.9% during April-October 2018. This year, during April-October 2018, 31.4 lakh DBCs and 272.8 lakh new connections were released out of which 217.2 lakh were released under PMUY. Under PMUY, nearly 111.9 lakh new connections have been released more during the current year in this period as compared to last year. Total 573.2lakhconnections were released under PMUYtill31.10.2018 since inception. During October 2018, out of the five regions, Northern region had the highest share in consumption of 30.7% followed by Southern region at 28.7%, Western region at 22.5%, Eastern region at 15.4% and North Eastern region at 2.7%. North Eastern region had the highest growth of 17.8% in total LPG consumption during October 2018.