Lok Sabha Question No. 1593 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: CNG Stations across the Country
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1593

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  DECEMBER , 2022

## CNG Stations across the Country

†1593. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether there is any proposal to increase the number of CNG stations across the country in view of the increase in the number of CNG powered vehicles and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of CNG stations sanctioned in Bihar, district-wise; and
- (c) whether there is any plan to set up CNG stations in all the districts of Bihar and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (c)Establishment of CNG station is part of the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Network and the same is being carried out by the entities authorised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). After completion of 11 A CGD bidding round, 295 Geographical Areas (GAs)  covering  about  98%  of  the  population  and  88%  of  total  geographical  area  of  the  country spread over around 630 districts in 28 states/UTs including 14 GAs (3 GA in Bihar & Jharkhand and 1  GA  Bihar&  Uttar  Pradesh  included),  in  the  state  of  Bihar,  have  been  covered  under  the  CGD network.

CNG  stations  are  commissioned  as  per  the  Minimum  Work  Programme  (MWP)  mandated  by PNGRB  and  techno-commercial  feasibility.  As  per  the  MWP,  CGD  entities  have  committed  to establish around 17700 CNG stations across the country by 2030 and 712 CNG stations in all the 14 GAs in Bihar.

District-wise details of CNG stations commissioned in the state Bihar is at Annexure.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1593 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022 REGARDING CNG STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

## Details of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations in Bihar

| S.No   | Geographical Area/ CGD Networks                                      | State/Union Territory   |   CNG Stations commissioned upto 30.9.2022 | CNGstations to be set up as per MWP (by 2030)   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1.     | Aurangabad, Kaimur&Rohtas Districts                                  | Bihar                   |                                          5 | 12                                              |
| 2.     | Begusarai District                                                   | Bihar                   |                                          8 | 25                                              |
| 3.     | Gaya &Nalanda Districts                                              | Bihar                   |                                          8 | 46                                              |
| 4.     | Araria, Purnia, Kathihar and Kishanganj District                     | Bihar                   |                                          0 | 79                                              |
| 5.     | Arwal, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Buxar Districts                        | Bihar                   |                                          7 | 50                                              |
| 6.     | Khagaria, Saharsa and Madhepura Districts                            | Bihar                   |                                          0 | 9                                               |
| 7.     | Lakhisarai, Munger and Bhagalpur Districts                           | Bihar                   |                                          2 | 16                                              |
| 8.     | Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Saran and Samastipur Districts                | Bihar                   |                                         17 | 222                                             |
| 9.     | Patna District                                                       | Bihar                   |                                         20 | NA                                              |
| 10.    | Darbhanga, Madhubani, Supaul, Sitamarhi and Sheohar districts        | Bihar                   |                                          0 | 50                                              |
| 11.    | Banka (Bihar), Dumka, Godda, Jamtara, Pakur&Sahibganj districts      | Bihar &Jharkhand        |                                          0 | 99                                              |
| 12.    | Gopalganj, Siwan, West Champaran, East Chmparan and Deoria Districts | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh    |                                          0 | 67                                              |
| 13.    | Nawada and Koderma Districts                                         | Bihar and Jharkhand     |                                          0 | 21                                              |
| 14.    | Sheikhpura, Jamui and Deoghar Districts                              | Bihar &Jharkhand        |                                          1 | 16                                              |
|        |                                                                      |                         |                                         68 | 712                                             |

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