Lok Sabha Question No. 1333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Profit/Loss of GAIL
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Manickam Tagore B, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020

## Profit/Loss of GAIL

## 1333.   DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to push to raise the share of natural gas in India's energy basket  to  15  per  cent  by  2030  from  the  current  6.2  per  cent  and  if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the Government to achieve this goal;
- (b) the details of profit earned/loss incurred by GAIL (India) Ltd. during the last three years and the steps taken to enhance the profit;
- (c) whether the GAIL (India) Ltd. plans to invest large amount of money over the next five years to expand the National Gas Pipeline Grid and City Gas Distribution Network to help push for greater use of environment friendly fuel and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  projects  being  operated  by  GAIL  (India)  Ltd.  in  different  parts  of  the country along with the present status/ progress of the said projects, particularly in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra along with the projects which are at planning stage?

## ANSWER पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

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

- (a)         Natural  Gas  being  an  alternative  cleaner  fossil  fuel  has  a  major  role  in  catering  the growing  energy  demand in  a  sustainable  manner.  To  increase  the  share  of  gas  in  the  primary energy mix of the country, Government is progressively taking steps to enhance domestic gas

production and develop requisite gas infrastructure. Details of major initiatives to increase the share of natural gas in India's energy basket are as under:

Upstream Sector : Enhancing domestic gas production (a) issuing of Pricing Guidelines, 2014; (b)Marketing & pricing freedom to gas production from difficult & new field;(c) HELP Policy; (d) Discovered Small Field Policy etc.

Midstream Sector: Developing  additional  gas  infrastructure  capacities  by  (a)  Completion  of National Gas Grid and (b) Establishing new LNG import facilities

Downstream Sector :  Development  of  downstream  sector  through  (a)  Development  of  CGD networks  across  country-  presently  covered  407  districts  spread  over  27  States/UTs  for  CGD development  (b)  Promoting  gas  in  Refineries  and  in  Steel  industries,  (c)  Creation  of  free  gas market and (d) Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT).

## (b)        Profit After Tax (PAT) during last 3 years of GAIL (India) Ltd. is as under:

| Financial Year   |   PAT (Rupees in crore) |
|------------------|-------------------------|
| 2017-18          |                    4618 |
| 2018-19          |                    6026 |
| 2019-20          |                    6620 |

GAIL (India) Ltd. is working towards developing gas sector as its profitability also depends on transportation tariff and marketing margin and their profit will enhance by increasing the market share, reducing the cost and improving the efficiency .

- (c)      GAIL  (India)  Limited  is  involved  in  expanding  its  natural  gas  pipelines  and  city  gas distribution networks over the next five years. The projects being undertaken primarily consists of 17 natural gas pipelines and 35 CGD networks across various cities.
- (d)     GAIL(India) Ltd. is implementing 114 projects at Pan-India level including projects in the state of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, which are under different stages of implementation. Total project cost of all 114 projects is approximately Rs. 90,000 crore. Projects primarily consist of natural  gas  pipeline  projects,  CGD  projects  and  other  projects  of  GAIL  and  those  of  its  joint venture/subsidiary companies. Details are available at GAIL(India) Ltd.'s website at https://gailonline.com/BV-NarutalGas.html.

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