March 29, 2023: The government’s natural gas allocation ensures that all sectors of the economy get their share of gas on the basis of the already decided priorities. India imports LNG to meet more than 50 per cent of its domestic demand. Click column Gas Scene to get details of sector-wise consumption of natural gas in February 2023.

March 27, 2023 | Why Everyone Is In A Tizzy Over An Ambitious Goal: In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the share of natural gas in India’s total energy mix should rise to 15 per cent by 2030. When Modi announced the target, the share of gas in the energy mix was at 6.2 per cent. It is believed to have nudged up to 6.6 per cent since then. We haven’t come across any energy expert who believes that share of gas can cross 8 percent and that too only by 2040. Mr Modi cannot afford the target to collapse so miserably. Sooner or later, he will need to intervene and let some of that hot air out of the gas bag. The state-owned Gas Authority of India (GAIL) has already started to show the way. There is still a sliver of a possibility that Modi’s ambitious target could be achieved. Click Free Access column Petro Intelligence to read an exciting piece.