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Current affairsIndia's PNG Domestic Connections Incentive Scheme 2026: APM Gas Reward per Incremental Billed Connection — City Gas Expansion StrategyThe Government of India approved an Incentive Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Piped Natural Gas (PNG) Connections on August 19, 2026, effective September 1, 2026. Under the scheme, City Gas Distribution (CGD) entities will receive 200 Standard Cubic Metres (SCM) of low-cost, domestically produced APM gas for every incremental billed domestic PNG connection achieved above their area threshold — implemented in two tranches over six months to accelerate India's 1.74 crore-connection gas network. Current affairsGOBARdhan National Circular Bioenergy Scheme: Cabinet Approves ₹23,731 Crore for Compressed BiogasThe Union Cabinet on August 6, 2026 approved the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme — GOBARdhan — with a ₹23,731 crore outlay over FY 2026–27 to FY 2035–36. The scheme consolidates India's fragmented biogas policy into a single framework to achieve tenfold growth in compressed biogas (CBG) production, providing guaranteed pricing, capital assistance, and assured offtake for ten years.