To have a gas-based economy and enhance the share of gas in the energy basket to 15%, the Government has envisaged developing additional 15,000 km of gas pipeline network.
At present, the natural gas grid in the country predominantly connects the western, northern and south-eastern gas markets with major gas sources.
Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga of Eastern India
The Government has approved partial capital grant of Rs 5,176 Crore (40% of the estimated capital cost of Rs 12,940 Crore) in September 2016 to GAIL for constructing 2650 km Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro-Dhamra Pipeline (JHBDPL) natural gas pipeline project, popularly known as Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga of Eastern India.
This project will connect Eastern part of the country with National Gas Grid and will ensure the availability of clean and eco-friendly fuel, Natural Gas, to the industrial, commercial, domestic and transport sectors in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. These pipeline Projects would support the revival of 3 Fertilizer Plants namely Gorakhpur (U.P.), Barauni (Bihar) and Sindri (Jharkhand) along the route of these pipeline projects.
City Gas Distribution Network
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Urja Sangam 2015 on 27.03.2015 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi mentioned as under “In the next four years, to increase Piped Gas Connection from 28 lakh connections to 1 crore connections to reduce pollution in the cities.”
At present, 31 CGD companies are developing CGD networks in 81 GAs in 21 State(s)/UTs which are supplying clean cooking fuel in the form of PNG to about 40 Lakhs in the country.
Further Govt. has envisaged to expand the coverage of CGD networks across the country in synchronisation with the Gas availability and pipeline connectivity.
Promotion of CNG/LNG in Transportation Sector
The Government is promoting the usages of environment friendly transportation fuel, i.e. CNG by expanding the coverage of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in the country.
In order to promote the CNG services in the country, the Government has issued guidelines for making available domestic gas to the CGD entities for meeting the entire requirement of CNG for transport segments.
