Lok Sabha Question No. 3052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Setting up of New CNG Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Diya Kumari, Chunni Lal Sahu, Ajay (Teni) Misra

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3052 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th  MARCH, 2021 Setting up of New CNG Pumps

## 3052.  MS. DIYA KUMARI:

SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the list of the total number of CNG pumps set up in the country, State-wise and district-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to set up new CNG filling stations in a number of States for making India pollution free;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise/District-wise including Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh;
- (d) the number of stations proposed to be set up during the first phase and the time limit fixed for the same; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  such  pumps,  specifically  near  National Highways?

ANSWER पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी ( ी धम धान )

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

- (a) State-wise  list  of  the  total  number  of  Compressed  Natural  Gas  (CNG)  Stations  in  the country is at Annexure. The list is also available at https://www.pngrb.gov.in/databank/PNG.CNG.

(b)&  (d)Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  is  the  authority  to  grant authorization  to  the  entities  to  lay,  build,  operate  or  expand  for  the  development  of  City  Gas Distribution (CGD) or local natural gas distribution network in Geographical Areas (GAs) as per PNGRB Act, 2006.The Minimum Work Programme (MWP) as per the authorization to CGD entities entail establishment of 8181 CNG pumps over a period of 8-10 years across 27 States and 3 Union Territories (c) At  present,  in  the  state  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  the  MWP  entails  setting  up  of  417  CNG stations  in  the  authorized  districts  over  the  period  of  8-10  years.  At  present  PNGRB  has  not authorized any entity for development of CGD network in any GA in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Details of CNG stations as per the MWP are at Annexure .

(e) The CNG pumps are set up by the CGD entities also along the National Highways as per their work plan and techno -commercial feasibility.

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Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3052 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2021 REGARDING SETTING UP OF NEW CNG PUMPS.

State wise list of CNG stations in the country*

| Sl No.   | State/UT (in authorized districts)       | CNG Stations                | CNG Stations             |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|          |                                          | Existing (as on 31.12.2020) | As per Minimum Work Plan |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                           | 72                          | 426                      |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka | -                           | 251                      |
| 3.       | Assam                                    | 1                           | 72                       |
| 4.       | Bihar                                    | 10                          | 459                      |
| 5.       | Bihar and Jharkhand                      | -                           | 37                       |
| 6.       | Chandigarh (UT)                          | 8                           | -                        |
| 7.       | Daman &Diu and Gujarat                   | -                           | 35                       |
| 8.       | Dadara& Nagar Haveli                     | 7                           | -                        |
| 9.       | Daman and Diu                            | 5                           | -                        |
| 10.      | Goa                                      | 4                           |                          |
| 11.      | Gujarat                                  | 731                         | 140                      |
| 12.      | Haryana                                  | 147                         | 277                      |
| 13.      | Haryana and Himachal Pradesh             | -                           | 45                       |
| 14.      | Haryana and Punjab                       | -                           | 54                       |
| 15.      | Himachal Pradesh                         | 2                           | 10                       |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                                | 13                          | 179                      |
| 17.      | Karnataka                                | 44                          | 811                      |
| 18.      | Kerala                                   | 14                          | 763                      |
| 19.      | Kerala and Puduchrry                     | -                           | 185                      |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan             | -                           | 54                       |
| 21.      | Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh          | -                           | 20                       |
| 22.      | Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh         | -                           | 34                       |
| 23.      | Madhya Pradesh                           | 78                          | 309                      |
| 24.      | Maharashtra and Gujarat                  | -                           | 156                      |
| 25.      | Maharashtra                              | 423                         | 225                      |
| 26.      | National Capital Territory of Delhi (UT) | 424                         | -                        |
| 27.      | Odisha                                   | 19                          | 116                      |
| 28.      | Puducherrry and Tamil Nadu               | -                           | 27                       |

|   29. | Puducherry                    | -   |   130 |
|-------|-------------------------------|-----|-------|
|    30 | Punjab                        | 80  |   278 |
|    31 | Rajasthan                     | 49  |   576 |
|    32 | Tamil Nadu                    | 3   |   872 |
|    33 | Telangana                     | 74  |   268 |
|    34 | Tripura                       | 11  |    12 |
|    35 | Uttar Pradesh                 | 384 |   785 |
|    36 | Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand | -   |    91 |
|    37 | Uttarakhand                   | 11  |    50 |
|    38 | West Bengal                   | 8   |   480 |

* Some of the GAs authorized by PNGRB span areas in more than one state. *****