Lok Sabha Question No. 2026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Supply of Pipeline Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2026

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## Supply of Pipeline Gas

†2026. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

(a) the number of cities in the country wherein gas is being supplied through pipeline along with  the  rate  at  which  the  gas  is  being  provided  and  the  time  by  which  the  said  work  is targeted to be completed in the remaining metropolitan cities of the country;

(b)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  supply  gas  through  pipeline  to  all  the  district headquarters of the country;

(c)  if  not,  whether the Government is likely to consider this proposal and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the steps being taken by the Government to reduce dependence on biofuels; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government to set up a gas grid in the country and the time by which all the cities of the country having population of more than fifty thousand are likely to be connected to this gas grid?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a) to (c) Providing Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections are 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 11A CGD bidding  round,  300  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  metropolitan  cities  and  district  headquarters  situated  within  the  GAs, have been covered under the CGD network.

As per Minimum Work Plan (MWP) target,determined by PNGRB, authorized entities have to provide approx.12.50 crore PNG connections across the country by 2032.

In order to further expand the reach of natural gas in the country, PNGRB has launched the 12 th and 12A CGD Bidding Rounds, covering the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur and remaining parts of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir and the entire UT of Ladakh. (d) Government has notified 'National Policy on Biofuels, - 2018' with the aim to increase usage of biofuels in the energy and transportation sectors of the country thereby increasingly substitute fossil fuel to contribute to National energy security and climate change mitigation.

(e)  With  the  aim  to  create  a  National  Gas  Grid and increase the  availability  of  natural  gas across  the  country,  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  has authorised approximately  33,592  km  Natural  Gas  Pipeline  network  across  the  country.  Out  of  this, 23,173 km Natural Gas pipelines including spur lines, tie-in connectivity, Sub-Transmission Pipelines (STPL) and dedicated pipelines are operational and a total of 12,206 km length of pipelines is under various stages of construction. The authorized CGD entities have also laid a total of 4.7 lakh inch Kms of Steel and MDPE pipelines to connect consumers in their GAs. Further, PNGRB has set a MWP of about 5.42 lakh inch Kms to be laid by the entities to connect  consumers  in  their  authorized  GAs  including  those  in  cities  with  population  more than 50,000.

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