(a) whether the proposal to lay a gas pipeline between India and Iran via Pakistan has been pending since long; and
(b) if so, the present progress made in the talk on implementing the said project?
(a) whether the proposal to lay a gas pipeline between India and Iran via Pakistan has been pending since long; and
(b) if so, the present progress made in the talk on implementing the said project?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) & (b) The Government of Iran has sent a preliminary proposal to supply natural gas to India through pipeline. An Indo-Iran Joint Committee on supply of gas to India, consisting of representatives of the Government of Iran and India has been constituted to examine all aspects of the Indo-Iran natural gas pipeline namely, the technical, economic and political aspects of various options of gas imports from Iran including on-land off-shore and LNG options. The proposal is at a preliminary stage.