Lok Sabha Question No. 471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Expansion of CNG/PNG Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, B. SREERAMULU, C.S. PUTTARAJU

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 471

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6.2.2017 EXPANSION OF CNG/PNG NETWORK

## 471.    SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL: SHRI B. SRIRAMULU: SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

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

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- (a) the details of existing network of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)/Piped Natural Gas (PNG) across the country including the number of households/industrial units covered in each of the cities under this network, State/Ut-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has received proposals/demands from various States for increasing CNG/PNG coverage in their States particularly backward and small cities from Rajasthan and Karnataka if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government thereon, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan and Karnataka;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  target  to  cover  every  rural/urban  household  and provide PNG facility across the country and prepared a roadmap for the purpose;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  any  time-bound  action  plan  envisaged  for  providing PNG to every household and the achievement made in this regard, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has launched 'Urja Ganga' in the gas pipeline project to provide PNG in Varanasi and if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the similar scheme is likely to be launched in other parts of the country, State/UT-wise?

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

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(a):As  per  the  Petroleum  Planning  And  Analysis  Cell  (PPAC)  report  for  the  month  of December, 2016, the details as on 01-12-2016 across the country are as under:-

| CNG      | PNG connections   | PNG connections   | PNG connections   | No. of CNG vehicles   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| Stations | Domestic          | Industrial        | Commercial        | No. of CNG vehicles   |

| 1178   | 3380399   | 6404   | 22317   | 2844616   |
|--------|-----------|--------|---------|-----------|

(b): Under the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) Act, 2006, PNGRB is the statutory  authority  to  grant  licenses  for  the  development  of  City  Gas  Distribution  (CGD) network  which  includes  PNG/CNG  network.    Requests  are  received  from  various  State Governments including Rajasthan and Karnataka from time to time.  Based on these requests, PNGRB considers a Geographical Area (GA) for development of CGD network in a phased manner depending upon the availability of pipeline connectivity and gas sources.

Presently,  79  Geographical  Areas  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  including  Bengaluru, Belgaum, Tumkur and Dharwad in Karnataka and Kota in Rajasthan, are covered under CGD Network.  PNGRB  has  identified  several  GAs/Districts  in  the  country  including  23  GAs  in Rajasthan and 14 GAs in Karnataka.

(c)  &  (d):    Government  of  India  has  envisaged  to  expand  the  coverage  of  pipeline  networks across  the  country  by  providing  PNG  supply  to  1  crore  household  by  2019.  Petroleum  & Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB),  established  under  the  PNGRB  Act,  2006,  has identified a number of cities across the country for rolling out the development of CNG network in  the  phased  manner  in  synchronization  with  the  development  of  natural  gas  pipeline connectivity/natural gas availability and feasibility for grant of authorization to develop CGD networks.

The Government has given priority in allocation of domestic gas (the cheapest gas available in country) for supply to households in the form of Piped Natural Gas [(PNG(D)] and transport segment in the form of Compressed Natural Gas [(CNG (T)] across the country. Government is meeting 100% gas requirement of PNG (Domestic) and CNG (Transport) segment of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks across the country.

(e): The Government of India has taken a decision to provide a capital grant of Rs.5176 crore (i.e.  40%  of  the  estimated  capital  cost  of  Rs.12,940  Crore)  to  GAIL  for  development  of Jagdishpur-Haldia/Bokaro-Dhamra  Gas  Pipeline  (JHBDPL)  project,  popularly  known  as  the 'Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga' of Eastern India. This pipeline will transport Natural Gas to the industrial, commercial, domestic and transport sectors in the States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and to CGD projects in the cities of Varanasi, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and Cuttack.