Lok Sabha Question No. 4679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Online Gas Pipeline Connection
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.7.2019 Online Gas Pipeline Connection

## 4679.   SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

## पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up online gas pipeline connections in the B grade cities  of  the  country  especially  in  the  metro  cities  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Rajasthan  and Maharashtra;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the estimated cost of the said project along with the time by which it is likely to be completed; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

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

(a)  to  (c)  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  is  the  authority  to  grant authorization to the entities for the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Geographical Areas (GAs) as per PNGRB Act, 2006. PNGRB identifies GAs for authorizing the  development  of  CGD  network  in  synchronization  with  the  development  of  natural  gas pipeline  connectivity  and  natural  gas  availability.  Providing  the  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG) connections  is  part  of  development  of  CGD  Network.  PNGRB  has  authorized  228  GAs covering 406 districts spread over 27 States and UTs covering approximately 70 percent of India's population and 53 percent of its geographical area including states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,  Rajasthan  and  Maharashtra up to 10 th CGD Bidding Round. Authorized entities are required  to  execute  the  development  of  CGD  networks  as  per  the  work  plan  submitted  by them to PNGRB. Details of the GAs authorized till 10 th CGD bidding round in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Maharashtra are at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2019 REGARDING ONLINE GAS PIPELINE CONNECTION

## Details of Geographical Areas (GAs) authorized in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Maharashtra

|   Sl No. | State/Union Territories       | Geographical Areas (GAs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|        1 | Uttar Pradesh                 | Mathura (part) district, Meerut (part) district, Allahabad (part) district, Jhansi (part) district, Saharanpur district, Bulandshahr (part) district, Baghpat district, Bareilly (part) district, Kanpur (part) district, Agra, Firozabad TTZ, Lucknow, Khurja, Moradabad (Part) district, Varanasi district, Gautambudh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr District (Except areas already authorized), Aligarh & Hathras Districts; Allahabad District (Except areas already authorized), Bhadohi & Kaushambi Districts; Amethi, Pratapgarh & Raebareli Districts; Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat & Etawah Districts; Faizabad & Sultanpur Districts; Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar & Kushinagar Districts; Meerut District (Except areas already authorized), Muzaffarnagar & Shamli Districts; Moradabad (Except areas already authorized) District; Unnao (Except areas already authorized) District: Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts; Bareilly (Except area already authorized) District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts; Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts; Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts; Gonda and Barabanki Districts; Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts ; Kanpur (Except area already authorized) District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts; Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts, Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh& Uttarakhand    | Bijnor and Nainital Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        3 | Madhya Pradesh &Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi (Except area already authorized) District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        4 | Bihar                         | Patna district, Aurangabad, Kaimur & Rohtas Districts; Begusarai District; Gaya & Nalanda Districts; Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj Districts; Arwal, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Buxar Districts; Khagaria, Saharsa and Madhepura Districts; Lakhisarai, Munger and Bhagalpur Districts; Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Saran and Samastipur Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        5 | Bihar & Jharkhand             | Nawada and Koderma Districts; Sheikhpura, Jamui and Deoghar Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        6 | Rajasthan                     | Kota (part) district, Bhiwadi (in Alwar district), Barmer, Jaisalmer & Jodhpur Districts; Alwar (Other than Bhiwadi) & Jaipur Districts; Kota District (Except area already authorized), Baran & Chittorgarh (Only Rawatbhata Taluka) Districts; Bhilwara & Bundi Districts; Chittorgarh (Other than Rawatbhata Taluka) & Udaipur Districts; Dholpur District; Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand Districts; Jalore and Sirohi Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        7 | Madhya Pradesh &Rajasthan     | Jhabua, Banswara, Ratlam and Dungarpur Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        8 | Maharashtra                   | Palgarh district & Thane Rural, Raigarh district (excluding area already authorized), Pune district (areas already authorized), Ratnagiri district, Solapur district, Kolhapur district, Mumbai and Greater Mumbai, Pune city including Pimpri-Chinchwad and adjoining contiguous areas Hinjewadi, Chakan, Talegaon, Thane (Urban and adjoining Municipalities), Ahmednagar & Aurangabad Districts; Latur & Osmanabad Districts; Sangli & Satara Districts; Sindhudurg District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        9 | Maharashtra& Gujarat          | Valsad (Except areas already authorized), Dhule &Nashik Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |