Lok Sabha Question No. 306 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: PNG to BPL Persons
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 306

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## PNG TO BPL PERSONS

## * 306.   SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.:

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

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- (a) the number of households/cities covered under PNG at present;
- (b) the details of cities likely to be covered by the end of 2016 by PNG; and
- (c) whether suggestions have been received from various quarters to expand the PNG network by utilising  the  Corporate  Social  Responsibility    funds  for  the  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL) households  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  action  taken  by  the  Government thereon and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज् य मंत्ररी (स् विंत्र प्राार (श्ररी धमेन्द  र प्रधान

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## (a): The details of household/cities covered under PNG are at Annexure-I .

(b): In  year  2007,  Government  has  established  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory Board  (PNGRB)  under  the  PNGRB  Act  2006.    Under  the  Act,  PNGRB  grants  the authorization to the entities for developing a CGD network in a specified Geographical Area (GA)  of  the  country.  The  details  of  cities  likely  to  be  covered  by  the  end  of  2016  are  at Annexure-II .

- (c): No, Madam.

ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  306  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.12.2015  REGARDING  PNG  TO  BPL PERSONS

| Sr. No   | State          | Name of Geographical Area         |   PNG (Domestic) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Telangana      | Hyderabad                         |              947 |
| 2        |                | Vijayawada                        |              282 |
| 3        |                | Kakinada                          |             2519 |
| 4        | Andhra Pradesh | East Godavari*                    |                0 |
| 5        |                | West Godavari*                    |                0 |
| 6        |                | Krishna*                          |                0 |
| 7        | Assam          | Upper Assam                       |            28985 |
| 8        | Delhi          | Delhi                             |           440981 |
| 9        |                | Ahmedabad                         |           210536 |
|          |                | Vadodara                          |              556 |
| 10       |                | Anand                             |            20750 |
| 11       |                | Vadodara                          |            78035 |
| 12       |                | Hazira                            |            29830 |
| 13       |                | Jamnagar                          |              256 |
| 14       |                | Nadiad                            |            49451 |
| 15       |                | Navsari                           |            79817 |
| 16       |                | Rajkot                            |           151360 |
| 17       |                | Surendernagar                     |            19958 |
| 18       | Gujarat        | Valsad                            |            81805 |
| 19       |                | Khambhat                          |            27964 |
| 20       |                | Halol                             |             8491 |
|          |                | Gandhinagar                       |            95332 |
| 21       |                | Palej                             |                0 |
| 22       |                | Kutch (West)*                     |                0 |
|          |                | Out of GA                         |                0 |
| 23       |                | Bhavnagar                         |              218 |
| 24       |                | Surat-Bharuch- Anklashwer         |           492098 |
|          |                | Ahmedabad                         |                0 |
| 25       |                | Gandhinagar- Mehsana- Sabarkantha |            91862 |
| 26       |                | Kutch (East)*                     |                0 |
| 27       |                | Faridabad                         |            15342 |
| 28       |                | Sonipat                           |             5383 |
| 29       | Haryana        | Gurgaon                           |             7585 |
| 30       |                | Panipat*                          |                0 |

| 31     | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwallior                                                      |     204 |
|--------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 32     | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore (including Ujjain)                                     |    4262 |
| 33     | Madhya Pradesh   | Dewas                                                         |     831 |
| 34 &35 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai &Greater Mumbai, Thane City& Adjoining Contiguous area |  833772 |
| 36     | Maharashtra      | Pune                                                          |   21178 |
| 37     | Maharashtra      | Thane District*                                               |       0 |
| 38     | Maharashtra      | Raigarh*                                                      |       0 |
| 39     | Maharashtra      | Pune District excluding existing GA*                          |       0 |
| 40     | Rajasthan        | Kota                                                          |     191 |
| 41     | Tripura          | AGARTALA                                                      |   19747 |
| 42     | Uttar Pradesh    | Khurja                                                        |     195 |
| 43     | Uttar Pradesh    | Kanpur                                                        |    7783 |
| 44     | Uttar Pradesh    | Bareilly                                                      |    2750 |
| 45     | Uttar Pradesh    | Jhansi                                                        |       0 |
| 46     | Uttar Pradesh    | Firozabad (TTZ)                                               |     327 |
| 47     | Uttar Pradesh    | Meerut                                                        |    3464 |
| 48     | Uttar Pradesh    | Lucknow                                                       |    4185 |
| 49     | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra                                                          |    6752 |
| 50     | Uttar Pradesh    | Gautam Budh Nagar                                             |   70509 |
| 51     | Uttar Pradesh    | Ghaziabad                                                     |   89702 |
| 52     | Uttar Pradesh    | Allahabad*                                                    |       0 |
| 53     | Uttar Pradesh    | Mathura                                                       |    3291 |
| 54     | Uttar Pradesh    | Moradabad                                                     |     853 |
| 55     | Uttrakhand       | Haridwar*                                                     |       0 |
| 56     | Uttrakhand       | Udham Singh Nagar*                                            |       0 |
| 57     |                  | Chandigarh*                                                   |       0 |
| 58     | UT               | Dadar &Nagar Haveli*                                          |       0 |
| 59     |                  | Daman*                                                        |       0 |
| 60     | Punjab           | Jalandhar*                                                    |       0 |
| 61     | Punjab           | Ludhiana*                                                     |       0 |
| 62     | Punjab           | Amritsar*                                                     |       0 |
| 63     | Karnataka        | Bangaluru*                                                    |       0 |
| 64     | Karnataka        | Dharwad*                                                      |       0 |
| 65     | Karnataka        | Tumkur*                                                       |       0 |
| 66     |                  | Belgaum*                                                      |       0 |
| 67     | Kerala           | Ernakulam*                                                    |       0 |
|        |                  | Total                                                         | 3010339 |

(Note: *GA has been awarded and at under development stage)

## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  306  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.12.2015  REGARDING  PNG  TO  BPL PERSONS

| 6 th Round                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 6 th Round                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) 2. Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh) 3. Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) 4. Datia (Madhya Pradesh) 5. Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) 6. Dahod (Gujarat) 7. Banaskantha (Gujarat) 8. Amreli (Gujarat) 9. Patan (Gujarat) 10. Dahej-Vagra Taluka (Gujarat) 11. Ahmedabad (excluding the area already authorized) (Gujarat) 12. Anand (excluding the area already authorized) (Gujarat) 13. Panchmahal (Gujarat) 14. Ahmadnagar (Maharashtra) 15. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) 16. Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) 17. Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) | 18. Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) 19. Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh) 20. Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) 21. Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) 22. Ramabai Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) 23. Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) 24. Bhiwani (Haryana) 25. Yamunanagar (Haryana) 26. Rewari (Haryana) 27. Rohtak (Haryana) 28. Bhatinda (Punjab) 29. Rupnagar (Punjab) 30. Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab) 31. Gadag (Karnataka) 32. Chitradurga (Karnataka) 33. Nainital (Uttarakhand) 34. North Goa (Goa) |