Lok Sabha Question No. 1128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: CNG Filling Station
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY, NEELAM SONKER, RANJANBEN BHATT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1128

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## CNG Filling Station

## 1128.   SHRI SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to expand Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) service in the entire country and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  the  names  of  places/  cities  where  CNG  filling  stations  have  been  set  up  in  the  country  at present, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  CNG  filling  stations  in  all  the  650  districts centres of the country and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the criteria/norms laid down for allotment of CNG fuel stations in the country;

(e) the details of mechanism being adopted for fixing the prices of CNG in various States; and

(f)  whether  the  Government  has  constituted  any  committee  to  fix  the  prices  of  CNG  and  has conducted any mass contact programme to motivate people to use CNG and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  is  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.    GAs  are  established  based  on  technocommercial viability and natural gas pipeline availability.  Establishment of CNG stations is the part  of  development  of  City  Gas  Distribution  (CGD)  network,  and  an  authorized  CGD  entity establishes CNG stations within authorized Geographical Areas (GA), as per work plan.

PNGRB had authorized 92 GAs for development of CGD Network across country till 8 th  CGD Bidding Round.  PNGRB has granted authorization for 84 GAs in 9 th CGD Bidding Round. With the  completion  of  9 th CGD  Bidding  Round,  CGD  would  be  accessible  in  178  GAs  covering approximately 280 districts (263 complete and 17 part) spread over 26 states and UTs. PNGRB has  also  launched  10 th CGD Bidding Round covering 50 GAs spread over 14 States  and 124 districts.

There are 1491 CNG stations in the country as on 01.11.2018, and details of the CNG stations are given at Annexure .

(e) & (f) The prices of CNG is fixed by the respective CGD entity authorized in particular GA by PNGRB. CGD entities determine retail selling price of CNG on the basis of weighted average cost of procuring natural gas, operating expenses and applicable taxes and duties, etc. Variation in any of these factors leads to appropriate change in retail selling price of CNG.

To promote the usages of CNG in transport sector, the Government has accorded the priority to PNG/CNG segments of CGD sector in domestic gas allocation and supply and placed the same under no cut category.  The authorized entities take up awareness programs to promote the use of CNG through advertisement in papers and radio, etc.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1128 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

|         | List of Cities covered withCGD network   | List of Cities covered withCGD network                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | List of Cities covered withCGD network   |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No. | State                                    | Geographical Area                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | No. of CNG Stations                      |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                           | Vijayawada, Kakinada, East Godawari, West Godawari and Krishna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 27                                       |
| 2       | Assam                                    | Upper Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | -                                        |
| 3       | Bihar                                    | Patna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | -                                        |
| 4       | Delhi/NCR (including Noida& Ghaziabad)   | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 450                                      |
| 5       | Goa                                      | North Goa and South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | -                                        |
| 6       | Gujarat                                  | Surat-Bharuch-Anklashwer, Bhavnagar, Hazira, Jamnagar, Nadiad, Navsari, Rajkot, Surendernagar, Valsad, Anand(excluding CGMSL area-including Khambhat), Panchmahal (including Halol), Kutch (West), Amerali, Dahej Vagra Taluka, Dahod District, Ahmedabad city, Anand area including Kanjari & Vadtal Village in Kheda District, Gandhinagar- Mehsana-Sabarkantha, Patan, Vadodara, Kutch East and Banaskantha. | 469                                      |
| 7       | Haryana                                  | Rewari, Sonipat, Faridabad*, Gurgaon*, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Rohtak, Ambala &Kurukshetra                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 55                                       |
| 8       | Jharkhand                                | Ranchi and East Singhbhoom                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | -                                        |
| 9       | Karnataka                                | Bengaluru, Dharwad, Tumkur and Belgaum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 9                                        |
| 10      | Kerala                                   | Ernakulam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 4                                        |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh                           | Dewas, Indore (including Ujjain), Gwalior and Dhar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 32                                       |
| 12      | Maharashtra                              | Mumbai, Greater Mumbai, Thane and adjoining municipalities, Raigarh, Palghar District & Thane Rural, Pune City including Pimpri Chichwad & adjoining contiguous areas, Pune District excluding MNGL area, Ratnagiri, Solapur and Kolhapur                                                                                                                                                                       | 282                                      |
| 13      | Odisha                                   | Cuttack and Khorda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 4                                        |
| 14      | Punjab                                   | Jalandhar, Amritsar, Bhatinda, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1                                        |
| 15      | Rajasthan                                | Bhiwadi (Alwar District) and Kota                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 5                                        |
| 16      | Telangana                                | Hyderabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 34                                       |
| 17      | Tripura                                  | AGARTALA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 8                                        |
| 18      | UT                                       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 3                                        |
| 19      | UT                                       | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 4                                        |
| 20      | UT                                       | Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2                                        |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh                            | Saharanpur, Gautam Budh Nagar**, Ghaziabad**, Firozabad (TTZ), Meerut, Khurja, Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Moradabad, Mathura, Allahabad, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Varanasi                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 94                                       |
| 22      | Uttarakhand                              | Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                        |
| 23      | West Bengal                              | Kolkatta &adjoinging area                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 7                                        |
|         | Total                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1491                                     |

Note:

* Matter Sub-judice

** Under Consideration of PNGRB