Lok Sabha Question No. 2824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Cost-Effectiveness of PNG over LPG
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Shri Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2824

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th AUGUST, 2024

## COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNG OVER LPG

## 2824 SHRI HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI PATEL: SHRI MITESH PATEL BAKABHAI:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

(a) the advantages and cost-effectiveness of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) as compared to LPG; and

(b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  availability  of  Piped  Natural  Gas, across the country including the details of Natural Gas Pipeline Network set up across the country till date, State-wise?

## ANSWER

पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरे श गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a)  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG)  being  supplied  through  pipeline,  obviates  the  hassles  of booking,  handling,  storing  and  measuring  the  Liquefied  Petroleum  Gas  (LPG)  cylinder. Moreover, being lighter than air, PNG is a safer fuel for cooking. In terms of energy content per  unit  (kcal/kg),  PNG  is  comparatively  advantaged  vis-à-vis  LPG,  however  the  cost  of natural gas depends on a number of dynamic factors such as cost of gas procured, state taxes, tariff, subsidy given, transportation and distribution cost etc.

(b)  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  has  authorized  approximately 33,478 km length of Natural Gas Pipeline Network across the Country with the aim to create a  national  gas  grid  and  increase  the  availability  of  natural  gas  across  the  Country.  As  on March 2024, approximately 24,881 km pipeline is operational and 10,404 kms of pipeline is under construction.

Providing  PNG  connections  to  the  households  are  part  of  development  of  City  Gas Distribution  (CGD)  Network  and  the  same  is  carried  out  by  the  entities  authorized  by PNGRB.  After  completion  of  12/12A  CGD  bidding  round,  PNGRB  has  authorized  307 Geographical  Areas  (GAs)  covering  almost  100%  of  the  total  geographical  area  of  the country  spread  over  around  733  districts  in  34  states/UTs  for  the  development  of  CGD network with MWP target of establishing approx. 12.63 crore PNG connections across the country by 2032. As on 31.05.2024, 1.31 crore PNG connections have been provided by the CGD  entities.  Also,  5,20,176  Inch-kilometer  of  Steel  and  MDPE  pipeline  has  been  laid across the country till 31.05.2024 against the MWP target of 5,46,867 Inch-kilometer.

Further  to  promote  the  usage  of  gas  in  PNG  (D)  segment,  Government  has  taken  various measures  to  meet  demands  for  Piped  gas  to  households  from  cheaper  domestic  gas  which includes  diverting  domestic  gas  from  power  and  other  non-  priority  sectors  to  meet  the requirement of CNG(Transport) and PNG (Domestic) segments; declaring CNG(T)/PNG(D) sector as the first priority for allocation of domestic natural gas; priority to CNG(T)/PNG(D) sector for supply of High Pressure High temperature (HP-HT) gas in any situation requiring proportionate distribution of gas under the bidding process, etc.

The details of State-wise PNG connections across the country are at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2824TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  8 TH   AUGUST,2024 REGARDING COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PNG OVER LPG.

| States                   |   PNG Domestic Connections |
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh           |                     278024 |
| Assam                    |                      61834 |
| Bihar                    |                     170265 |
| Chandigarh               |                      27313 |
| Chhattisgarh             |                       3499 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli (UT) |                      12398 |
| Delhi                    |                    1579198 |
| Goa                      |                      14463 |
| Gujarat                  |                    3326098 |
| Haryana                  |                     407400 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |                       7900 |
| Jharkhand                |                     140386 |
| Karnataka                |                     449376 |
| Kerala                   |                      91782 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |                     243373 |
| Maharashtra              |                    3655453 |
| Odisha                   |                     123953 |
| Puducherry               |                          0 |
| Punjab                   |                      90508 |
| Rajasthan                |                     334611 |
| Tamil Nadu               |                      35887 |
| Telangana                |                     212679 |
| Tripura                  |                      62536 |
| UT of Daman& Diu         |                       5498 |
| UT Jammu &Kashmir        |                          0 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |                    1673116 |
| Uttarakhand              |                      83155 |
| West Bengal              |                      28186 |
| Grand Total              |                   13118891 |

Source: PNGRB