Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Setting up of New CNG Pumps

Posted On: 15 MAR 2021 1:06PM by PIB Delhi

Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is the authority to grant authorization to the entities to lay, build, operate or expand for the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) or local natural gas distribution network in Geographical Areas (GAs) as per PNGRB Act, 2006.The Minimum Work Programme (MWP) as per the authorization to CGD entities entail establishment of 8181 CNG pumps over a period of 8-10 years across 27 States and 3 Union Territories.

At present, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the MWP entails setting up of 417 CNG stations in the authorized districts over the period of 8-10 years. At present PNGRB has not authorized any entity for development of CGD network in any GA in the state of Chhattisgarh.  Details of CNG stations as per the MWP are at Annexure.

The CNG pumps are set up by the CGD entities also along the National Highways as per their work plan and techno -commercial feasibility.

State-wise list of the total number of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations in the country is at Annexure. The list is also available at https://www.pngrb.gov.in/data-bank/PNG.CNG.

 

 

Annexure

State wise list of CNG stations in the country*

 

Sl No.

State/UT (in authorized districts)

CNG Stations

Existing

(as on 31.12.2020)

As per Minimum Work Plan

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

72

426

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

-

251

  1.  

Assam

1

72

  1.  

Bihar

10

459

  1.  

Bihar and Jharkhand

-

37

  1.  

Chandigarh (UT)

8

-

  1.  

Daman & Diu and Gujarat

-

35

  1.  

Dadara& Nagar Haveli

7

-

  1.  

Daman and Diu

5

-

  1.  

Goa

4

 

  1.  

Gujarat

731

140

  1.  

Haryana

147

277

  1.  

Haryana and Himachal Pradesh

-

45

  1.  

Haryana and Punjab

-

54

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

2

10

  1.  

Jharkhand

13

179

  1.  

Karnataka

44

811

  1.  

Kerala

14

763

  1.  

Kerala and Puduchrry

-

185

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

-

54

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

-

20

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

-

34

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

78

309

  1.  

Maharashtra and Gujarat

-

156

  1.  

Maharashtra

423

225

  1.  

National Capital Territory of Delhi (UT)

424

-

  1.  

Odisha

19

116

  1.  

Puducherrry and Tamil Nadu

-

27

  1.  

Puducherry

-

130

  1.  

Punjab

80

278

  1.  

Rajasthan

49

576

  1.  

Tamil Nadu

3

872

  1.  

Telangana

74

268

  1.  

Tripura

11

12

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

384

785

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

-

91

  1.  

Uttarakhand

11

50

  1.  

West Bengal

8

480

* Some of the GAs authorized by PNGRB span areas in more than one state.

 

This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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