Lok Sabha Question No. 2444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-31
Subject: CNG Filling Stations
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, LAKHAN LAL SAHU, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2444

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.7.2017

## CNG FILLING STATIONS

## 2444.    SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN: SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

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- (a)   whether the Government has formulated any policy to promote the use of CNG and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   whether the Government has any plan to start the CNG operated two wheeler in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the number of CNG and LPG filling stations set up in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d)   the number of new CNG and LPG filling stations proposed to be set up in the next two years in the country  along  with  the  target  fixed,  if  any  and  achievements  made  by  the  Government  in  this regard, State/UT-wise;
- (e)    whether  the  number  of  CNG  and  LPG  filling  stations  in  the  country  are  sufficient  to  meet  the increasing demand for vehicles and if so, the details thereof and the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (f)   whether the Government proposes to set up more CNG Pumps through CNG allocated by GAIL in Gujarat including at the religious places in the State and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (f): Government has established Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) under the PNGRB Act, 2006, in the year 2007. PNGRB is the statutory authority to grant authorization for the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network which includes setting up of Compressed Natural Gas  (CNG)  stations.  PNGRB  identifies  the  Geographical  Areas  (GAs)  for  the  development  of  CGD network depending on the natural gas pipeline connectivity/natural gas availability and feasibility for grant of authorization to develop CGD network in the country. PNGRB grants the authorization to the entities for developing CGD network through competitive bidding process.

The Government has taken following steps to promote the use of CNG consumption:

(i) MoP&NG has framed policy guidelines to supply domestic gas to the CGD entities. The domestic gas is  being  supplied  to  meet  entire  requirement  of  Compressed  Natural  Gas  (CNG)  (Transport)  and domestic PNG segments based on last six monthly consumption data by the respective CGD networks.

- (ii)    Ministry  has  set  a  target  in  GAIL's  MoU  for  2017-18  and  urged  other  Oil  Public  Sector undertakings  (PSUs)  to  fix  a  target  for  setting  up  CNG  stations  through  their  Joint  Venture Companies/Subsidiaries.
- (iii)  Government has set a target to Oil and Gas Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to achieve one crore PNG connections by 2019.
- (iv)    The  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  (MoUD) has  issued  advisory  to  the  State  Governments  to speed up of CNG/PNG infrastructure.
- (v) The Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) has declared CGD network as a 'Public Utility' under the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947.
- (vi)  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued guidelines to allow the development of PNG network into its establishments across the country.

The  Government  has  launched  a  pilot  programme  to  run  two  wheelers  on  Compressed  Natural  Gas (CNG) in Delhi with CGD Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL).

The total number of CNG stations State/UT wise in the country is at Annexure-I and there are 1175 LPG Filling Stations out of which 677 are being operated by Oil Marketing Companies. The details of these 677 stations are at Annexure-II .

Government has set a target of 120 CNG stations to be set up by GAIL in the financial year 2017-18. State/UT-wise details of the CNG stations proposed to be set up by GAIL City Gas Distribution Joint Venture Companies/Subsidiaries in the current financial year and the achievement against target till June 2017 is at Annexure-III . The number of new LPG filling stations proposed to be set up in the next two years in the country is at Annexure-IV .

CNG/LPG stations are set up to cater to the fuel requirement of CNG/LPG vehicles. The number of CNG and LPG stations is 1237 and 1175 as on 31-05-2017 and 01-07-2017 respectively.  In Gujarat 397 CNG stations  have  been  set  up  by  different  authorized  CGD  entities.  As  the  demand  increases,  new stations are added by the concerned CGD entities based on techno-commercial viability.

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.7.2017

| Sl No.   | State                    |   No. of CNG stations as on 31.5.2017 |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Gujarat                  |                                   397 |
| 2.       | Delhi/NCR                |                                   420 |
| 3.       | Maharashtra              |                                   246 |
| 4.       | Andhra Pradesh/Telangana |                                    42 |
| 5.       | Rajasthan                |                                     3 |
| 6.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                    55 |
| 7.       | Tripura                  |                                     5 |
| 8.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                    24 |
| 9.       | Haryana                  |                                    33 |
| 10.      | West Bengal              |                                     7 |
| 11.      | Karnataka                |                                     3 |
| 12.      | Chandigarh               |                                     2 |
| Total    | Total                    |                                  1237 |

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO.2444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.7.2017

| Sl. No.   | State / UT           |   LPG Filling Stations |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar     |                      0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh       |                     14 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh    |                      0 |
| 4         | Assam                |                      4 |
| 5         | Bihar                |                      0 |
| 6         | Chandigarh           |                      5 |
| 7         | Chattisgarh          |                      8 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Havelli |                      1 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu           |                      0 |
| 10        | Delhi                |                     18 |
| 11        | Goa                  |                      3 |
| 12        | Gujarat              |                     46 |
| 13        | Haryana              |                      2 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh     |                      0 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir       |                      2 |
| 16        | Jharkhand            |                      4 |
| 17        | Karnataka            |                    108 |
| 18        | Kerala               |                     69 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep          |                      0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh       |                     30 |
| 21        | Maharashtra          |                     72 |
| 22        | Manipur              |                      0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya            |                      0 |
| 24        | Mizoram              |                      0 |
| 25        | Nagaland             |                      0 |
| 26        | Odisha               |                      3 |
| 27        | Pudducherry          |                      2 |
| 28        | Punjab               |                     15 |
| 29        | Rajasthan            |                     36 |
| 30        | Sikkim               |                      0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu           |                     86 |
| 32        | Telangana            |                     54 |
| 33        | Tripura              |                      0 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh        |                     42 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand          |                      9 |
| 36        | West Bengal          |                     44 |
|           | TOTAL                |                    677 |

| State          |   Target 2017-18 |   Achievement against target (till June 2017 in 2017-18) |
|----------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh  |               33 |                                                        5 |
| Delhi          |               21 |                                                        5 |
| Maharashtra    |               30 |                                                        5 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                4 |                                                        0 |
| Karnataka      |                8 |                                                        0 |
| Haryana        |                6 |                                                        4 |
| Telangana      |                6 |                                                        0 |
| Tripura        |                1 |                                                        0 |
| Madhya Pradesh |               11 |                                                        2 |
| Total          |              120 |                                                       21 |

## ANNEXURE-IV REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.7.2017

| Sl. No.   | State / UT     |   New LPG Filling Station proposed to be set up in next two years |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Madhya Pradesh |                                                                 1 |
| 2         | Karnataka      |                                                                 3 |
| 3         | West Bengal    |                                                                 2 |
| 4         | Kerala         |                                                                 2 |
| 5         | Tamil Nadu     |                                                                 2 |
| 6         | Rajasthan      |                                                                 1 |
| 7         | Punjab         |                                                                 1 |
|           | TOTAL          |                                                                12 |