New Delhi: Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday held a meeting with officials of Petroleum ministry and Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) an representatives from the Oil & Gas industry to discuss ways to fast track India into a gas-based economy by utilising the learnings from Gujarat and adopting best practices to increase the share of natural gas from 6% to 15%.

Pradhan in a series of tweets said, Gujarat’s share of natural gas in the energy mix is approximately 26%, above the world average of 22%. Gujarat is also the only state where 100% districts will be covered under the CGD network. Pradhan urged officials to work towards replicating the success of Gujarat in providing clean fuel to every household across the country.

Urged officials to work towards replicating the success of Gujarat in providing clean fuel to every household across the country. pic.twitter.com/zL9PaKWAXB

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) November 28, 2019

Held a meeting with officials of @PetroleumMin,@PNGRB_ and representatives from the oil & gas industry to discuss ways to fastrack India into a gas-based economy by utilising the learnings from Gujarat & adopting best practices to increase the share of natural gas from 6% to 15%. pic.twitter.com/Lq1GMGyPel

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) November 28, 2019

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