Lok Sabha Question No. 1126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: PNG Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, VEENA DEVI, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAJESH PANDEY, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, HARI OM PANDEY, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, K. GOPAL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, PRATHAP SIMHA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1126 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## PNG Network

1126.   SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI HARI OM PANDAY:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. K. GOPAL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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 extend the reach of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network to one crore households  in the next five years and if so, the details thereof along with the names of cities identified for PNG network;

- (b) whether the Government proposes to develop a gas based economy by setting up  PNG/LNG  stations  at  large  scale  in  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh, Delhi/NCR and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has set up a target to connect 70 per cent population with the City Gas Distribution (CGD)/PNG network in three years and if so, the details thereof and the extent to which it has been achieved so far;

(d)  the  names  of  the  cities  and  percentage  of  coverage  in  each  city/town  which have  already  been  connected  with  CGD  network  along  with  PNG  facility  as compared to LPG in the country particularly in Jharkhand and Bihar and the time by  which  all  major  cities  are  likely  be  connected  with  PNG  network,  State/UTwise including Bundelkhand region;

(e) the details of production of natural gas available in the country along with the steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  boost  PNG  consumption  and  production  in rural/urban  areas  of  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year including  incentives  being  provided  to  distribution  companies  to  attract  more consumers and to expand their network in the country; and

(f)    whether  CGD  network  has  been  declared  a  'Public  Utility'  under  the Industrial  Dispute  Act,  1947  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps taken to boost the consumption by expanding CGD network in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  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. PNGRB identifies GAs for authorizing the  development  of  CGD  network  in  synchronization  with  the  development  of  natural  gas pipeline connectivity/ natural gas availability. The authorized CGD entities develop the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network to supply natural gas to households, industrial and commercial units in their respective GAs.

Till September 2018, there were 96 GAs for development of CGD Network across country, details is enclosed as Annexure . PNGRB has granted authorization for 84 GAs in 9th CGD Bidding Round in the month of August, 2018.  CGD entity provide PNG connection as per their work plan. With the completion of 9 th CGD Bidding Round, CGD would be accessible in 178 GAs covering approximately 280 districts 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  (112  full  and  12  part).  After  successful  completion  of  10 th CGD  Bidding  Round, 70% of the country's population would have access to CGD network, and move toward gas based economy.

Government of India has envisaged to expand the coverage of PNG supply to one  crore households.

(d) Upto the 8 th bidding round, 96 GAs in 23 States/ UTs where CGD network is accessible is given in Annexure. There are 2445.1 lakh domestic active LPG consumer in the country as on 1.9.2018.

PNGRB, in 9 th bidding round, has authorized Patna District GA, Aurangabad, Kaimur & Rohtas Districts GA, Begusarai District GA, Gaya & Nalanda Districts GA, East Singhbhum District GA, Ranchi District GA, Bokaro, Hazaribagh & Ramgarh Districts GA and Giridih & Dhanbad Districts GA in the State of Jharkhand and Bihar for providing CGD network with PNG facility.  As regards, Bundelkhand region, Central UP Gas Ltd. is providing CGD service in 9 th bidding round in Jhansi (part) District GA.

(e) & (f) Details of production of domestic natural gas in the country and its consumption in CGD section during financial year 2014-15 to 2017-18 are as under:

(in MMSCMD)

| Financial Year            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Production                |      92.2 |      88.1 |      87.4 |      89.5 |
| Consumption in CGD Sector |      14.8 |      14.9 |      20.1 |      23.5 |

To expand CGD sector in the country, Ministry of  Petroleum & Natural Gas with the regular interaction with other Ministries, has facilitated following progressive steps among others for the growth of CGD sector (i) domestic gas has been allocated to meet the entire requirement of PNG (Domestic) and CNG (Transport) segment of the CGD sector and it has been kept under 'no cut category', (ii) Public Utility Status granted to CGD on 20.06.2017, which has been  extended  for  next  six  months  by  the  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  vide notification  dated  31.7.2018,  (iii)  Guidelines  dated  11.08.2017  issued  to  Public  Sector Enterprises (PSEs) to have the provisions of PNG in their respective Residential complexes, and (iv) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has issued advisory dated 30.05.2017 to the State Governments  on regarding  (a) to standardize the Road Restoration/permission charges  along  with  time  bound  permission  in  accordance  with  the  local  conditions,  (b) earmarking of land plot for development of CNG Stations at the planning stage of town/city and  same  should  be  specified  in  the  revised  Master  Plan,  and  (c)  relevant  modification  in building  by-laws  for  providing  gas  pipeline  infrastructure  in  residential  &  commercial buildings at architectural design stage.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1126 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 1                                        | Andhra Pradesh                           | Vijayawada, Kakinada, East Godawari, West Godawari and Krishna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2                                        | Assam                                    | Upper Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3                                        | Bihar                                    | Patna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 4                                        | Delhi/NCR (including Noida& Ghaziabad)   | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 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. |
| 7                                        | Haryana                                  | Rewari, Sonipat, Faridabad*, Gurgaon*, Panipat, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Rohtak, Ambala &Kurukshetra                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 8                                        | Jharkhand                                | Ranchi and East Singhbhoom                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 9                                        | Karnataka                                | Bengaluru, Dharwad, Tumkur and Belgaum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 10                                       | Kerala                                   | Ernakulam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 11                                       | Madhya Pradesh                           | Dewas, Indore (including Ujjain), Gwalior and Dhar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 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                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 13                                       | Odisha                                   | Cuttack and Khorda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 14                                       | Punjab                                   | Jalandhar, Amritsar, Bhatinda, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 15                                       | Rajasthan                                | Bhiwadi (Alwar District) and Kota                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 16                                       | Telangana                                | Hyderabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 17                                       | Tripura                                  | AGARTALA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 18                                       | UT                                       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 19                                       | UT                                       | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 20                                       | UT                                       | Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 21                                       | Uttar Pradesh                            | Saharanpur, Gautam Budh Nagar**, Ghaziabad**, Firozabad (TTZ), Meerut, Khurja, Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Moradabad, Mathura, Allahabad, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Varanasi                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 22                                       | Uttarakhand                              | Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                       | West Bengal                              | Kolkatta &adjoinging area                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

Note:

* Matter Sub-judice

** Under Consideration of PNGRB