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  • 09 January, 2020

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Northeast Gas Grid

Northeast Gas Grid

Syllabus subtopic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.

Prelims and Mains focus: about the Northeast gas grid project and its significance; Natural gas and its advantages

News: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to provide Rs 5,559-crore viability gap funding (VGF)/capital grant for the North East Gas Grid project.

About the project

  • It aims to connect all the eight states (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) of the Northeast with a 1,656-km network of natural gas pipelines for Rs 9,265 crore.

  • The VGF amount is 60 per cent of the estimated project cost and will not be linked to project cost escalation.

  • It is being executed by Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

  • It is only the second instance of the government directly funding a gas pipeline.

  • The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs, chaired by PM Modi, also decided that a committee comprising officials from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Development of North East Region, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and Department of Fertilizers, will periodically review the progress in implementation of the project.

  • The capital grant will provide natural gas supplies to various types of consumers like industrial, PNG(domestic), CNG (transport) and others.

  • The government’s aim through this project is to substitute liquid fuels like kerosene and firewood traditionally prevalent in the region.

Natural gas Scenario in India

  • About 20 per cent of India’s natural gas production comes from the Northeast. Of about 75 million standard cubic meters per day of gas output, 15 mmscmd come from Northeast.

  • Currently, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura have established gas production potential while there are possibilities for the same in Nagaland and Manipur.

  • Gas Pipeline infrastructure is an economical and safe mode of transporting natural gas by connecting gas sources to gas-consuming markets. The gas pipeline grid determines the structure of the gas market and its development. Therefore, an interconnected National Gas Grid has been envisaged to ensure the adequate availability and equitable distribution of natural gas in all parts of the country.

  • At present, there is about a 16800 km long Natural Gas pipeline network which is operational in the country. In order to make available natural gas across the country, it has been envisaged to develop an additional 14,300 km of pipelines to complete the National Gas Grid and the same are at various stages of development. This would ensure easy availability of natural gas across all regions and also potentially help to achieve uniform economic and social progress.

Conclusion

The availability of natural gas across the region is expected to boost industrial growth without impacting the environment and would offer a better quality of life to the people in general due to the use of cleaner and green fuel.

About Natural Gas

Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel among the available fossil fuels. It is used as a feedstock in the manufacture of fertilizers, plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals as well as used as a fuel for electricity generation, and heating purposes in industrial and commercial units. Natural gas is also used for cooking in domestic households and as a transportation fuel for vehicles.

Source: Indian Express


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