Lok Sabha Question No. 205 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: PNG/CNG Distribution by Private Companies
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 205

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2015

## PNG/CNG DISTRIBUTION BY PRIVATE COMPANIES

## * 205.     SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

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- (a) the existing mechanism of distribution of PNG/CNG in the country;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to carry out distribution and sale of PNG and CNG gas through private companies and if so, the details thereof along with the names of such companies and cities involved in such distribution;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  allowed  some  private  companies  to  construct  gas  pipeline  in  the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the number of contracts for construction of gas pipeline awarded by the  Government  to  private  companies,  project/company  and  State/UT-wise  including  Maharashtra; and
- (e)  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government to decontrol the PNG/CNG gas sector in order to provide clean and cheap fuel and supply to domestic/industrial use in the country?

## 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 (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.205  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAMDAS  C.  TADAS,  MP  TO  BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2015

(a):  Distribution  of  Compressed  Natural  Gas  (CNG)/  Piped  Natural  Gas  (PNG)  for  domestic, commercial and Industrial usage is carried out by City Gas Distribution (CGD) network. 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.  This authorization is granted in terms  of  the  provisions  of  the  PNGRB  Act  2006  and  the  relevant  regulations  notified  thereunder, namely, PNGRB (Authorizing entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand City or Local Natural Gas Distribution Networks) Regulations, 2008.

(b)  to  (d):    Granting  of  authorization  for  development  of  CGD  network  to  supply  CNG/PNG  in  a specified  GA  is  being  carried  out  in  a  transparent  manner  by  the  PNGRB  as  provided  in  the  Act. PNGRB follows the bidding process to select the entities for granting authorization to develop CGD network. Bids can be submitted by either a private company or a public company subject to qualifying the bidder evaluation criteria as referred to in PNGRB (Authorizing entities to Lay, Build, Operate or Expand  City  or  Local  Natural  Gas  Distribution  Networks)  Regulations,  2008.    PNGRB  is  only granting  authorization  to  entities  for  development  of  CGD  network  and  subsequent  contracts  for construction of gas pipeline/CGD network are being awarded by the concerned authorized entities. In the  State  of  Maharashtra,  the  following  four  entities  are  developing  CGD  networks  in  different cities/GAs.

- i)  Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL)

- Mumbai, Greater Mumbai, Thane City and adjoining areas, Raigarh.

- ii) Maharashtra Natural Gas limited (MNGL)

- Pune City

- iii) Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL)

- Thane District (excluding areas of MGL)

- iv) Mahesh Resources Private Limited

- Pune District (excluding areas of MNGL

The  details  of  the  entities  which  are  carrying  out  distribution  of  CNG/PNG  in  the  country  are  at Annexure-I.

(e): Government has accorded highest priority in domestic gas allocation to PNG (Domestic) and CNG (Transport) segments of CGD networks in order to faster rollout of PNG/CNG networks.  The entire gas requirement of CNG (Transport) and PNG (Domestic) is being met by supply of domestic gas.  The  selection  of  granting  authorization  to  develop  CGD  network  is  being  done  based  on competitive  bidding  process.  Maximum  Retail  Prices  of  CNG/PNG  are  being  fixed  by  concerned entities as provided under the PNGRB Act, 2006 and Government does not fix/regulate the prices of CNG/PNG supplies.

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) to (d) OF  LOK SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  205  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  14.12.2015  REGARDING  PNG/CNG

DISTRIBUTION BY PRIVATE COMPANIES

Details of existing City Gas Distribution networks across the country as on 1st October, 2015

| S. N.   | State          | Name of Geographical Area        | No. of consumers   | No. of consumers   | No. of consumers   |              |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------|
| S. N.   | State          | Name of Geographical Area        | PNG (Domestic)     | PNG (Ind.)         | PNG (Comm.)        | CNG Stations |
| 1       | Telangana      | Hyderabad                        | 947                | 3                  | 5                  | 20           |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada                       | 282                | 0                  | 3                  | 8            |
| 3       |                | Kakinada                         | 2519               | 0                  | 38                 | 4            |
| 4       |                | East Godavari*                   | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0            |
| 5       |                | West Godavari*                   | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0            |
| 6       |                | Krishna*                         | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0            |
| 7       | Assam          |                                  | 28985              | 392                | 1037               | 0            |
| 8       |                | Upper Assam                      | 440981             | 307                | 1170               | 278          |
| 9       | Delhi          | Delhi Ahmedabad                  | 210536             | 690                | 1430               | 47           |
|         |                | Vadodara                         | 556                | 84                 | 0                  | 6            |
| 10      |                | Anand                            | 20750              | 108                | 531                | 0            |
| 11      |                | Vadodara                         | 78035              | 17                 | 2604               | 8            |
| 12      |                | Hazira                           | 29830              | 13                 | 86                 | 1            |
| 13      |                | Jamnagar                         | 256                | 1                  | -                  | 5            |
| 14      |                | Nadiad                           | 49451              | 13                 | 259                | 9            |
| 15      |                | Navsari                          | 79817              | 42                 | 115                | 10           |
| 16      |                | Rajkot                           | 151360             | 1,045              | 730                | 31           |
| 17      |                | Surendernagar                    | 19958              | 274                | 135                | 15           |
| 18      | Gujarat        | Valsad                           | 81805              | 543                | 155                | 19           |
| 19      |                | Khambhat                         | 27964              | 6                  | 149                | 5            |
| 20      |                | Halol                            | 8491               | 58                 | 39                 | 7            |
|         |                | Gandhinagar                      | 95332              | 20                 | 389                | 9            |
| 21      |                | Palej                            | 0                  | 10                 | -                  | 2            |
| 22      |                | Kutch (West)*                    | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0            |
|         |                | Out of GA                        | 0                  | 3                  | -                  | 53           |
| 23      |                | Bhavnagar                        | 218                | -                  | -                  | 8            |
| 24      |                | Surat-Bharuch- Anklashwer        | 492098             | 764                | 9,550              | 61           |
|         |                | Ahmedabad                        | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 22           |
| 25      |                | Gandhinagar- Mehsana-Sabarkantha | 91862              | 248                | 475                | 43           |
| 26      |                | Kutch (East)*                    | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0            |
| 27      |                | Faridabad                        | 15342              | 161                | 32                 | 10           |
| 28      |                | Sonipat                          | 5383               | 30                 | 8                  | 3            |
| 29      | Haryana        | Gurgaon                          | 7585               | 13                 | 63                 | 7            |
| 30      |                | Panipat*                         | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0            |

| 31      | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior                                                       |     204 |    1 |     0 |    2 |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------|-------|------|
| 32      | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore (including Ujjain)                                     |    4262 |   55 |    36 |   16 |
| 33      | Madhya Pradesh   | Dewas                                                         |     831 |   25 |     2 |    1 |
| 34 & 35 | Maharashtra      | Mumbai &Greater Mumbai, Thane City &Adjoining Contiguous area |  833772 |   57 |  2693 |  180 |
| 36      |                  | Pune                                                          |   21178 |  103 |    68 |   31 |
| 37      |                  | Thane District*                                               |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 38      |                  | Raigarh*                                                      |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 39      |                  | Pune District excluding existing GA*                          |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 40      | Rajasthan        | Kota                                                          |     191 |   17 |     1 |    3 |
| 41      | Tripura          | AGARTALA                                                      |   19747 |   47 |   300 |    5 |
| 42      | Uttar Pradesh    | Khurja                                                        |     195 |   10 |     0 |    0 |
| 43      |                  | Kanpur                                                        |    7783 |   35 |    67 |   15 |
| 44      |                  | Bareilly                                                      |    2750 |    5 |    58 |    2 |
| 45      |                  | Jhansi                                                        |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 46      |                  | Firozabad (TTZ)                                               |     327 |  349 |     0 |    1 |
| 47      |                  | Meerut                                                        |    3464 |   14 |    10 |    3 |
| 48      |                  | Lucknow                                                       |    4185 |    3 |     3 |    8 |
| 49      |                  | Agra                                                          |    6752 |    2 |     8 |    6 |
| 50      |                  | Gautam Budh Nagar                                             |   70509 |  300 |   304 |   21 |
| 51      |                  | Ghaziabad                                                     |   89702 |  169 |   178 |   25 |
| 52      |                  | Allahabad*                                                    |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 53      |                  | Mathura                                                       |    3291 |   47 |    23 |    4 |
| 54      |                  | Moradabad                                                     |     853 |    3 |    32 |    1 |
| 55      |                  | Haridwar*                                                     |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 56      | Uttrakhand       | Udham Singh Nagar*                                            |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 57      |                  | Chandigarh*                                                   |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 58      | UT               | Dadar &Nagar Haveli*                                          |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 59      |                  | Daman*                                                        |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 60      |                  | Jalandhar*                                                    |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 61      | Punjab           | Ludhiana*                                                     |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 62      |                  | Amritsar*                                                     |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 63      |                  | Bangaluru*                                                    |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 64      |                  | Dharwad*                                                      |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 65      | Karnataka        | Tumkur*                                                       |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 66      |                  | Belgaum*                                                      |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| 67      | Kerala           | Ernakulam*                                                    |       0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |
| Total   | Total            | Total                                                         | 3010339 | 6087 | 22786 | 1015 |

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