Lok Sabha Question No. 5334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Piped Natural Gas Connections in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ms Iqra Choudhary

## LOK SABHA

## PIPED NATURAL GAS CONNECTIONS IN UTTAR PRADESH

5334. MS IQRA CHOUDHARY

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a)  the  details  of the  Piped  Natural  Gas (PNG) supply  network currently set up in  the  country during  the  last  five  yearsand  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  including  the  districts  Shamli, Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government has a proposal to provide free or subsidized PNG in the country;
- (c) if so, the details and the targets set thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether any financial assistance or incentivesare being provided to encourage the households to transition from LPG to PNG, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of the number of consumers using PNG and LPG, State-wise; and
- (f)  the  details  of  the  collaborations,  if  any,  the  Government  has  with  private  sector  entities  or foreign  partners to enhance the technological and logistical capabilities of PNG distribution in the country?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a)  to  (f)  Providing  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG)  connections  is  part  of  development  of  City  Gas Distribution (CGD) Network and the same is carried out by the entities authorized by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) as per their Minimum Work Programme (MWP). After  completion  of  12/12A  CGD  bidding  round,  PNGRB  has  authorized  entities  for  the development of CGD network in 307 Geographical Areas (GAs), covering almost 100% of the mainland area for the  development of CGD network across  the country including  the  state of Uttar Pradesh.As per MWP target, authorized entities have to provide approx. 12.6 crore PNG domestic connections by 2034. As on 31.1.2025, the authorized entities have provided 1.42 crore PNG Domestic connections across the country. The PNG (Domestic) progress across the country during the last five years is as under:

| Financial Year                                   |   Mar-20 |   Mar-21 |   Mar-22 |   Mar-23 |   Mar-24 |
|--------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| PNG Domestic connections (cumulative) (in lakhs) |    65.59 |     78.2 |    93.03 |   110.29 |   129.23 |

(Source - PNGRB)

PNGRB has authorized 43 GAs (including 1 GA spread over Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh, 1 GA spread over Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh, 1 GA spread over Bihar & Uttar Pradesh and 1 GA  spread  over  Rajasthan  &  Uttar  Pradesh)  covering  all  the  districts  (including  Shamli,

Saharanpur and Muzaffaragar districts) in state of Uttar Pradesh. As per MWP, the authorized entities are required to provide1.05 crorePNG connections (including 1,05,543 PNG connections in Meerut  District  (EAAA),  Muzaffarnagar  &  Shamli  Districts  GA  and    29,883PNG  connections  in Saharanpur District GA)  in the state of Uttar Pradesh by 2030. As on 31.01.2025, the authorized CGD entities have provided 18,38,376 PNG connections in the state of Uttar Pradesh including 53,949  PNG  connections  in  Meerut  District  (EAAA),  Muzaffarnagar  &  Shamli  Districts  GA  and 29,884 PNG connections in Saharanpur District GA).

No subsidy/incentiveiscurrently provided by Government for the installation of PNG connections.  However  the  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  ensure  the  availability  of Natural Gas to CNG (Transport) and PNG (Domestic) sector which includes allocating domestic gas on priority basis to CNG (T)/PNG (D); diverting domestic gas from non-priority sectors to meet the requirement for CNG (T)/PNG (D) sector, expansion of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network, expansion of National Gas Grid Pipeline, setting up of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals,Sustainable  Alternative  Towards  Affordable  Transportation  (SATAT)  initiatives  to promote  Bio-CNG,  etc.  Government  has  also  notified  that  gas  produced  from  discoveries  in Deepwater, Ultra Deepwater and High Pressure-High Temperature areas, in any situation which may  require  proportionate  distribution  of  the  gas  offered  under  the  bidding  process,  the contractor shall offer gas to bidders belonging to CNG (T)/PNG (D)sectoronpriority.

State-wise  number  of  active  LPG  connections  and  PNG  connections  is  at  Annexure-I  & Annexure-II.

The investments in the CGD sector are primarily made by the authorized entities both in private and  public  sector,  either  separately  or  in  collaboration  with  partnersas  per  their  technocommercial requirements.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2025 REGARDING PIPED NATURAL GAS CONNECTIONS IN UTTAR PRADESH.

State-wise number PNG connections across the country. As on 31.01.2025

| Sl No.   | State/UT                                           | Domestic PNG connections   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 2,78,802                   |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka &Tamil Nadu              | 14,838                     |
| 3.       | Assam                                              | 66,427                     |
| 4.       | Bihar                                              | 2,05,253                   |
| 5.       | Bihar &Jharkhand                                   | 9,856                      |
| 6.       | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh                               | 14,675                     |
| 7.       | Chandigarh (UT), Haryana, Punjab &Himachal Pradesh | 29,379                     |
| 8.       | Chhattisgarh                                       | 9,045                      |
| 9.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli (UT)                           | 13,097                     |
| 10.      | Daman &Diu (UT)                                    | 5,342                      |
| 11.      | Daman and Diu &Gujarat                             | 9,014                      |
| 12.      | Goa                                                | 17,716                     |
| 13.      | Gujarat                                            | 35,10,251                  |
| 14.      | Haryana                                            | 4,32,740                   |
| 15.      | Haryana                                            | 31,409                     |
| 16.      | Haryana &Himachal Pradesh                          | 56                         |
| 17.      | Haryana &Punjab                                    | 2,315                      |
| 18.      | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 8,820                      |
| 19.      | Jharkhand                                          | 1,48,025                   |
| 20.      | Karnataka                                          | 4,86,742                   |
| 21.      | Kerala                                             | 1,21,033                   |
| 22.      | Kerala &Puducherry                                 | 9,634                      |
| 23. 24.  | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgrah     | 2,72,007 0                 |
| 25.      | Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan                       | 1,150                      |
|          | Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh                   | 105                        |
| 26. 27.  | Maharashtra                                        | 38,50,514                  |
| 28.      | Maharashtra &Gujarat                               | 2,15,722                   |
| 29.      | Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh                     | 0                          |
|          | National Capital Territory of Delhi (UT)           | 16,97,473                  |
| 30.      |                                                    |                            |
| 32. 33.  | Puducherry Puducherry& Tamil Nadu                  | 0 467                      |
| 34.      | Punjab                                             | 1,02,701                   |
| 35.      | Punjab &Rajasthan                                  | 6,267                      |
| 36.      | Rajasthan                                          | 3,80,703                   |
| 37.      | Tamil Nadu                                         | 62,915                     |
| 38.      | Telangana                                          | 2,23,598                   |
|          | Telangana and Karnataka                            | 126                        |
| 39.      |                                                    |                            |
| 40.      | Tripura                                            | 64,923                     |
| 41.      | UT of Jammu and Kashmir                            | 0 17,97,456                |
| 42.      | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 10,001                     |
| 43.      | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 24,436                     |
| 45.      | Uttar Pradesh &Rajasthan                           |                            |
| 44.      | Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand                       | 16,412                     |
| 46. 47.  | Uttarakhand West Bengal                            | 76,635 64,114              |
|          | Grand Total                                        | 1,44,36,658                |

Source :PPAC

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.04.2025 REGARDING PIPED NATURAL GAS CONNECTIONS IN UTTAR PRADESH.

State-wise number active LPG connections across the country. As on 01.03.2025

| Sl No.      | STATE/UT                                 |   Active LPG connections |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.          | Chandigarh                               |                   306353 |
| 2.          | Delhi                                    |                  5679410 |
| 3.          | Haryana                                  |                  8246369 |
| 4.          | Himachal Pradesh                         |                  2241069 |
| 5.          | Jammu &Kashmir + Ladakh                  |                  3640278 |
| 6.          | Punjab                                   |                  9622994 |
| 7.          | Rajasthan                                |                 18377292 |
| 8.          | Uttar Pradesh                            |                 48295545 |
| 9.          | Uttarakhand                              |                  3222854 |
| 10.         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                   129046 |
| 11.         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                   332416 |
| 12.         | Assam                                    |                  9172963 |
| 13.         | Bihar                                    |                 22917116 |
| 14.         | Jharkhand                                |                  6619993 |
| 15.         | Manipur                                  |                   703984 |
| 16.         | Meghalaya                                |                   522462 |
| 17.         | Mizoram                                  |                   365144 |
| 18.         | Nagaland                                 |                   385662 |
| 19.         | Odisha                                   |                 10052036 |
| 20.         | Sikkim                                   |                   188569 |
| 21.         | Tripura                                  |                   844574 |
| 22.         | West Bengal                              |                 27116984 |
| 23.         | Chhattisgarh                             |                  6324809 |
| 24.         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                   171815 |
| 25.         | Goa                                      |                   580194 |
| 26.         | Gujarat                                  |                 12775930 |
| 27.         | Madhya Pradesh                           |                 17497801 |
| 28.         | Maharashtra                              |                 31696375 |
| 29.         | Andhra Pradesh                           |                 15935426 |
| 30.         | Karnataka                                |                 18823756 |
| 31.         | Kerala                                   |                  9806032 |
| 32.         | Lakshadweep                              |                    13991 |
| 33.         | Puducherry                               |                   410823 |
| 34.         | Tamil Nadu                               |                 23732543 |
| 35.         | Telangana                                |                 12674939 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                              |                329427547 |

Source: IOCL on industry basis