98 percent of the population will be brought under piped cooking gas supply. This was told by the government in Parliament on Monday. The government said that after the new round of expansion work, more than 82 percent of India’s land area and 98 percent of the population will be brought under piped cooking gas supply.
This information was given by Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in the Rajya Sabha in reply to supplementary questions during the Question Hour. He said that the bids for the expansion work would be opened on May 12 this year.
facility will be available soon
Puri said after the completion of the bidding process, it takes a certain amount of time to prepare the infrastructure. “After the 11th round of bidding, more than 82 per cent of the land area and 98 per cent of the population will be covered so that households can have piped LPG supply,” he said.
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He said that being inaccessible, only the northeastern region and some areas of Jammu and Kashmir would escape its purview. He said that piped LPG is cheaper and more consumer friendly than the gas supplied through cylinders.
Free LPG cylinders given during the pandemic
Puri said that the beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana were given free LPG cylinders during the COVID pandemic. He said that today the number of gas cylinders has gone up to 30 crore, which was 14 crore in 2014. “We will cover the entire population and that work is in progress,” he said. He said that the government proposes to set up a total of 1,000 LNG stations and out of them 50 LNG stations will be set up in the next few years.
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Puri said diesel was being supplied at wholesale rates to state public transport providers and some other state enterprises. This price does not include dealer commission etc. He said that after the pandemic and military action in one part of the world, there was a huge increase in global oil prices. Because of this, supplies to wholesalers became more expensive than retail supplies, he said.