Indane[3][4] is a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation which is under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the government of India.

27% of its customers reside in semi-urban or rural markets and every second LPG cooking gas connection in India is that of Indane.

[6] The marketing operations for LPG commenced in India in 1955 at Mumbai, under the Burmah Shell Oil Company.

Indane began operations in October 1965, with two dealerships in Kolkata and Patna, and a consumer base of around 2,000.

In a bottling plant, bulk LPG is received from the sources through pipelines, by road or by rail.