Lok Sabha Question No. 2674 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: CNG Coverage in the Country
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: CHIRAG PASWAN, VINOD CHAVDA, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker, ANIL SHIROLE, Richard Hay

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2674

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## CNG COVERAGE IN THE COUNTRY

## 2674.    SHRI CHIRAG PASWAN:

SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

PROF. RICHARD HAY:

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

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- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  CNG  facility  in  the  different  locations  of  Bihar especially in the District of Jamui and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to open CNG filling station in Kutch district by GAIL and if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said CNG station is likely to be set up;
- (c)  the  demand  and  supply  difference  of  CNG  in  various  States  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current  year  in  the  country  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the Government to meet the increasing demand of CNG in the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat, West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (d) whether the Government has received proposals from various States including Gujarat to set up CNG stations  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  expand  the coverage of CNG across the country in a time-bound manner; and
- (e) the number of States/cities where CNG is still not being used in the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द  र प्रधान)

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a): The Government has established Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) under the PNGRB Act, 2006, in the year 2007 which is the authority to grant authorization for the development of Gas  Pipelines  and  City  Gas Distribution  (CGD)  network  in  Geographical  Areas  (GAs)  through  open bidding process, wherein, both public and private entities can participate. Patna has been authorized for CGD development in  Bihar  to  GAIL  (India)  Ltd.  Further,  PNGRB  has  issued  Public  Notice  for  9th round of CGD bidding, which includes 3 GAs in the state of Bihar covering 6 districts viz. Aurangabad, Begusarai, Gaya, Nalanda, Kaimur and Rohtas.

Development of CGD network including setting up of CNG stations in the District Jamui, would be considered in the future bidding rounds depending on natural gas pipeline connectivity/gas availability and techno commercial viability of city gas distribution.

- (b): Kutch (West) GA in the state of Gujarat has been authorized for CGD development by PNGRB to

Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL)and Kutch (East) GA has been authorized for CGD development by PNGRB to Jay Madhok Energy Pvt. Limited. As on 31.01.2018, GGL is operating 2 CNG stations in Kutch West GA.

(c) to (e): The Government has accorded priority in domestic gas supply to meet the entire requirement of CNG (Transport) and PNG (Domestic) segment of City Gas Distribution (CGD).  As per information received from Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC), CNG sales by CGD entities in India during last three  years and current year upto September, 2017 is as under:

| Year           |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18(P)(April- September,17) |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------------|
| Sales (in TMT) |      2037 |      2155 |      2365 |                              1294 |

Based  on  the  information  received  from  Petroleum  Planning  &  Analysis  Cell  (PPAC),  list  of Geographical Areas, state wise where CNG is being used as on 1.01.2018 is at Annexure .

In  order  to  strengthen  the  PNG  network  across  the  country  including  Gujarat,  West  Bengal  and Maharashtra,  the Government has taken following steps:

- i. Domestic  gas,  which  is  cheaper  than  imported  gas,    has  been  allocated  to  meet  the  entire requirement of PNG (Domestic) and CNG (Transport) segments of City Gas Distribution (CGD) sector and it has been kept under no cut category.
- ii. Public Utility Status granted to CGD Projects by Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- iii. Ministry of Defence has issued guidelines for use of PNG in its residential areas / unit lines
- iv. Department  of  Public  Enterprises  (DPE)  has  issued  guidelines  to  Public  Sector  Enterprises (PSEs) to have the provisions of PNG in their respective residential complexes.
- v. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has issued advisory to State Governments  on following aspects, (a) to standardize the Road Restoration/permission charges along with time bound  permission  in  accordance  with  the  local  conditions;  (b)  earmarking  of  land  plot  for development of CNG Stations at the planning stage of town/city and same should be specified in the revised Master Plan; and (c ) relevant modification in building by-laws for providing gas pipeline infrastructure in residential & commercial buildings at architectural design stage.
- vi. Further,  MoHUA  has  directed  to  Central  Public  Works  Department  (CPWD)  &  National Building  Construction  Corporation  Ltd.  (NBCC)  to  have  the  provisions  of  PNG  in  all Government Residential complexes.
- vii. In  the  FY  2017-18  planned  Capital  Expenditure  of  Rs.3400  Crore  has  been  planned,  against which Rs.1308 Crore has been utilized in first three quarters of 2017-18. Further it is planned to increase the Planned Capital Expenditure to Rs.4130 Crore in the FY 2018-19.
- viii. Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  is  reviewing  the  current  regulatory framework to invite bids for development of city gas network projects.
- ix. PNGRB has identified 86 new Geographical Areas for the development for city gas networks.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2674 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  12.03.2018  REGARDING  CNG COVERAGE IN THE COUNTRY

|   Sr. No. | State/UT      | Name of Cities/Geographical Area (GA)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   Number of CNG Stations as on 1.01.2018 |
|-----------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Delhi         | NCT of Delhi (including Noida &Ghaziabad)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                      424 |
|         2 | Maharashtra   | Mumbai, Greater Mumbai including Thane City, Mira Bhayender, Navi Mumbai, Ambernath, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Dombivli, Badlapur, Ulhasnagar, Panvel, Kharghar & Taloja, Pune City including Pimpri Chinchwad along with adjoining contiguous areas of Hinjewadi, Chakan & Talegaon GA, Raigarh District and Palghar and Thane Rural.                                                                                                                                                    |                                      257 |
|         3 | Gujarat       | Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Sabarkantha and Patan, Surat Bharuch-Ankleswar GA, Nadiad GA,Navsari GA, Rajkot GA, Surendra Nagar GA, Hazira GA, Valsad GA, Jamnagar GA, Bhavnagar GA, Kutch (West) GA, Kutch (East) GA, Amreli District GA, Dahej Vagra Taluka GA, Dahod District GA, Panchmahal District GA, Anand (Exclusive area authorised) district GA, Ahmedabad (Excluding area already authorised) district GA, Vadodara, Vadodara Rural and Ahmedabad Urban, Anand and Palanpur. |                                      414 |
|         4 | Haryana       | Faridabad, Gurugram, Sonepat, Rewari                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                       46 |
|         5 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut, Divyapur, Mathura, Agra, Kanpur, Bareilly, Lucknow, Moradabad, Firozabad Geographical Area                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                       67 |

|    |                      | (TTZ), Khurja, and Allahabad                          |    |
|----|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----|
|  6 | Telangana            | Hyderabad                                             | 29 |
|  7 | Andhra Pradesh       | Vijayawada, Kakinada, East Godavari and West Godavari | 18 |
|  8 | Rajasthan            | Kota                                                  |  3 |
|  9 | Madhya Pradesh       | Dewas, Vijaipur, Indore including Ujjain, Gwalior     | 26 |
| 10 | Tripura              | Agartala                                              |  6 |
| 11 | West Bengal          | Kolkata                                               |  7 |
| 12 | Karnataka            | Bengaluru                                             |  3 |
| 13 | Chandigarh           | Chandigarh                                            |  2 |
| 14 | Daman and Diu        | Daman and Diu                                         |  1 |
| 15 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                   |  1 |
| 16 | Odisha               | Bhubaneswar                                           |  2 |

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