Lok Sabha Question No. 196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: North East Gas Pipeline Grid
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Rebati Tripura, Asaduddin Owaisi

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## North East Gas Pipeline Grid

196. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  approved  North  East  Gas  Pipeline  Grid,  if  so,  the details thereof along with the States of the North East Region through which this gas will pass;
- (b) the details of public sector units which are involved in this joint venture;
- (c) whether these projects have not been found viable by the consortium due to lesser number of customers out of project cost and if so, the total fund likely to be financed by the Government and the total amount so far sanctioned by the Government;
- (d) the extent to which these projects are likely to ensure smooth supply of CNG, PNG and Oil in the North Eastern Region and the details of benefits that the North East States including Tripura will get out of this pipeline grid project along with the time by which the work on this project will start and be completed; and
- (e) the details of other projects going on in North East for supply of Oil and Gas?

## ANSWER

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

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

- (a) to (c) Government  has approved the  North East Gas Grid project of Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) / Capital Grant at 60% (Rs.5,559
- crore) of the estimated cost of Rs.9,265 crore. This 1,656 km long North East Gas Grid will connect  eight  North-Eastern  states  i.e.  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim. M/s IGGL is a joint venture company of five oil and gas Central Public Sector Enterprises  i.e. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Oil India Limited, Oil  and  Natural  Gas  Corporation  Limited,  GAIL  (India)  Limited  and  Numaligarh  Refinery Limited. (d) The establishment of natural gas grid in north-eastern part of the country will help in ushering gas based economy in the North-Eastern Region of the country.  This project will supply  of  natural  gas  to  fertilizer  sector,  power  sector,  CGD  network,  refineries  and industrial  &  commercial establishments in the north-eastern part of the country. Further, development of CGD networks in the  North-East States en-route the pipeline project will provide access of PNG/CNG for households in these cities and will cover a large population. This  will  also  reduce  the  usage  of  kerosene,  wood,  LPG,  petrol/diesel  and, inter-alia ,  will improve the standards of living of people in the region also by reducing pollution. Project activities  are  under  way  and  for  a  project  of  this  nature,  a  precise  date  for  completion cannot  be  indicated  at  this  stage  in  view  of  the  administrative,  environmental,  land  and terrain issues involved. Apart from North East Gas Grid Pipeline Project, several infrastructure projects have

(e) been taken up by the Oil & Gas companies which inter-alia include gas pipeline, gas compressor stations, secondary tank farm project, refinery projects, petroleum product depots and LPG bottling plants.