Thursday, November 24, 2011

1328 Lakh LPG and 15.88 Lakh PNG Consumers in the Country at Present: Reddy

The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri S. Jaipal Reddy informed in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that Piped Natural Gas (PNG) is currently being sold to households in Delhi at a rate of 22 per scm (upto consumption of 30 scm in two months) and at 34 per scm (beyond consumption of 30 scm in two months). He added that the price of domestic LPG (at Delhi) is 399 for a 14.2 kg cylinder. The corresponding energy equivalent price of PNG 391 (at 22/scm) and 605 (at 34/scm) as compared to 399 for a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder.

The Minister also informed the house that against a total of 1328 lakh LPG customers, there are only 15.88 lakh PNG customers in the country. Domestic LPG cylinders are being sold to the customers for several decades whereas development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) project is only starting, and depends, inter alia, upon pipeline connectivity, availability of gas and commercial viability of the project.

Shri Reddy further said that Government of India has enacted the “Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) Act, 2006’’, wherein PNGRB is entrusted with the responsibility of, inter alia, authorization of entities to operate CGD networks. PNGRB has envisaged a rollout plan of CGD Network Development over the next five years in more than 300 Geographical Areas (GAs) in the country.

No comments: