Government to increase natural gas share to 15% by 2030

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, informed that the Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15 percentage by 2030. At present, share of natural gas in primary energy mix has increased from 6.3 percentage to 6.7 percentage from 2020 to 2021.

Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) grants authorisation to the entities for the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Geographical Areas (GAs) as per PNGRB Act, 2006 and Regulation framed there under. Establishment of CNG stations and providing PNG connections are part of development of CGD network and the same is done by the authorised CGD entities in their authorised GAs as per the Minimum Work Plan (MWP). PNGRB also authorises entities for laying of pipeline infrastructure for development of CGD network.

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