The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), in order to regulate the marketing of petroleum products and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), the Central Government has enacted following Control Orders :