Lok Sabha Question No. 1558 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Setting up of CNG Pumps
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal, Ajay Nishad

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1558 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  February, 2022

## Setting up of CNG Pumps

## †1558.  SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL: SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  the details of the criteria fixed for setting up of CNG pumps in the country;
- (b) whether CNG pumps are likely to be set up in each state of the country;
- (c) if so, the details of the action plan and the target fixed for this purpose in the States of the country, Statewise including Rajasthan and Muzaffarpur in Bihar;
- (d) the details of the number of pumps which are currently in operation, State-wise including Rajasthan and Muzaffarpur in Bihar; and
- (e) the details of CNG consumption in the country during each of the last three years?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयमऔराकृ तकगैसमंालयमरायमंी ( ीरामेवरतेल )

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

- (a) Government has not fixed any criteria for the establishment of CNG stations. CNG stations are set up by City Gas Distribution (CGD) entities authorized by Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) for development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in a Geographical Area (GA). These CNG stations are set up by the entities as per the Minimum Work Plan determined by PNGRB and their techno-commercial feasibility.
- (b) to (d) Upto  the  10 th CGD  bidding  round,  PNGRB  has  authorized  228  Geographical  Areas (GAs) in 27 States/Union Territories including the states of Rajasthan and Bihar for the development of CGD networks as per the target set, action plan proposed and timeline determined in the MWP. Further, a part of future action, in the 11th round, PNGRB has received bids against 61 GAs covering 215 (212 full & 3 part) districts and Letter of Intent (LoIs) have been issued for 52 GAs. Further, PNGRB has invited bid  on  07.01.2022  for  5  GAs  covering  27  districts  under  the  11A  CGD  Bidding  Round.  This  will potentially cover 98% of population & 88% of geographical area of the country. As on 31.12.2021, 3628 CNG  stations  have  been  commissioned  across  the  county.  The  state  wise  details  of  CNG  stations currently in operation and the target fixed are at Annexure .
- (e) As  per  the  information  submitted  by  Petroleum  Planning  &  Analysis  Cell  (PPAC),  CNG consumption in the country during each of the last three years is as under:

(in MMSCM)

|   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 (April-September) |
|--------------|--------------|--------------------------------|
|         4632 |         3678 |                           2462 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1558  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HANUMAN  BENIWAL  AND SHRI AJAY NISHAD ON 10 th  FEBRURAY, 2022 REGARDING SETTING UP OF CNG PUMPS.

## State wise details of CNG stations

| Sl No.   | State/UT/GA                                      | CNGStations (as on 31.12.2021)   | MWPtargets for CNGstations (nos.)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                                   | 102                              | 426                                 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka &Tamil Nadu            | 2                                | 251                                 |
| 3.       | Assam                                            | 1                                | 72                                  |
| 4.       | Bihar*                                           | 22                               | 459                                 |
| 5.       | Bihar &Jharkhand                                 | -                                | 37                                  |
| 6.       | Chandigarh (UT) Haryana Punjab &Himachal Pradesh | 21                               | -                                   |
| 7.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli (UT)                         | 7                                | -                                   |
| 8.       | Daman &Diu (UT)                                  | 4                                | -                                   |
| 9.       | Daman and Diu &Gujarat                           | 12                               | 35                                  |
| 10.      | Goa                                              | 9                                | -                                   |
| 11.      | Gujarat                                          | 855                              | 140                                 |
| 12.      | Haryana &Himachal Pradesh                        | 8                                | 45                                  |
| 13.      | Haryana &Punjab                                  | 11                               | 54                                  |
| 14.      | Haryana                                          | 201                              | 277                                 |
| 15.      | Himachal Pradesh                                 | 2                                | 10                                  |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                                        | 36                               | 179                                 |
| 17.      | Karnataka                                        | 101                              | 812                                 |
| 18.      | Kerala                                           | 42                               | 763                                 |
| 19.      | Kerala &Puducherry                               | 2                                | 125                                 |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh                                   | 122                              | 309                                 |
| 21.      | Madhya Pradesh &Chattisgargh                     | -                                | 20                                  |
| 22.      | Madhya Pradesh &Rajasthan                        | 17                               | 54                                  |
| 23.      | Madhya Pradesh &Uttar Pradesh                    | 8                                | 29                                  |
| 24.      | Maharashtra                                      | 497                              | 225                                 |
| 25.      | Maharashtra &Gujarat                             | 43                               | 156                                 |
| 26.      | Odisha                                           | 25                               | 116                                 |
| 27.      | National Capital Territory of Delhi (UT)         | 438                              | -                                   |
| 28.      | Puducherry& Tamil Nadu                           | 3                                | 27                                  |
| 29.      | Puducherry                                       | 0                                | 130                                 |
| 30.      | Punjab                                           | 121                              | 278                                 |
| 31.      | Rajasthan                                        | 120                              | 576                                 |
| 32.      | Tamil Nadu                                       | 68                               | 890                                 |
| 33.      | Telangana                                        | 108                              | 268                                 |
| 34.      | Tripura                                          | 18                               | 12                                  |
| 35.      | Uttar Pradesh                                    | 518                              | 785                                 |
| 36.      | Uttar Pradesh &Rajasthan                         | 31                               | -                                   |
| 37.      | Uttar Pradesh &Uttarakhand                       | 10                               | 91                                  |
| 38.      | Uttarakhand                                      | 17                               | 50                                  |
| 39.      | West Bengal                                      | 26                               | 480                                 |
|          | Total                                            | 3628                             | 8181                                |