(a) the number of districts in the country having no supply of LPG cylinders;
(b) the number of districts in the country where supply of both Piped Natural
Gas (PNG) and LPG cylinders are available ;
(c) the time by which PNG and cylinders are likely to be made available
throughout the country ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
(SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) & (b) : OMCs are supplying LPG through their LPG distributors in all the
628 districts of the country. City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies are supplying
Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in 10 States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Haryana,
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura, covering
51 Geographical Areas.
(c) : Vision 2015 adopted by this Ministry envisages raising the country’s LPG
population coverage from 50% to 75%, by releasing 5.5 crore new LPG connections
between 2009 and 2015 especially in rural areas and undercovered areas.
As far as extension of PNG facilities to different towns and cities in the
country is concerned, the implementation timeframe is subject to interalia,
availabilityof natural gas through a gas transmission pipeline, technical and
commercial feasibilityand availability of clearances from various authorities,
such as digging permission from the civic authorities, etc.