पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृ तिक गैस ववतियामक बो셍ड Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board प्रथम-िि, वर्ल셍ड ट्रे셍 सᴂटर, बाबर रो셍, ियी दिर्लिी110001 : 1st Floor, World Trade Centre, Babar Road, New – 110001 फोन नं/.Phone No01123457700/फैक्स नं/.Fax No.01123709151

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PNGRB launched 10th CGD Bidding Round on 06th November 2018, for development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks for the 50 Geographical Areas (GAs) which includes 124 districts (112 complete and 12 part), spread over 14 States and Union Territories (UTs) in .

2. 225 bids from 25 entities were received up to 05th February 2019 i.e., the bid closing date. Based upon the bids evaluations, PNGRB in its 88th Board meeting held on 26th February 2019 approved issuance of Letters of Intent (LoI) to the 12 successful entities for following 50 Geographical Areas (GAs):

Unique Geographical Area State Successful Bidder GA. ID. Consortium of AG&P LNG Anantapur and YSR (Kadapa) Andhra Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.01 Districts Pradesh Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc. Consortium of AG&P LNG Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore Andhra Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.02 District Pradesh Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc. Andhra Consortium of AG&P LNG Chittoor, Kolar and Vellore Pradesh, Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.03 Districts Karnataka and Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Tamil Nadu Company of Manila Inc. Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Indian Oil Corporation 10.04 Bihar Kishanganj Districts Limited Arwal, Jehanabad, Bhojpur Indian Oil Corporation 10.05 Bihar and Buxar Districts Limited Khagaria, Saharsa and Indian Oil Corporation 10.06 Bihar Madhepura Districts Limited Lakhisarai, Munger and Indian Oil Corporation 10.07 Bihar Bhagalpur Districts Limited Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Saran Indian Oil Corporation 10.08 Bihar and Samastipur Districts Limited Nawada and Koderma Bihar and Indian Oil Corporation 10.09 Districts Jharkhand Limited Sheikhpura, Jamui and Bihar and Indian Oil Corporation 10.10 Deoghar Districts Jharkhand Limited

10.11 Kaithal District Haryana Indraprastha Gas Ltd. Sirsa, Fatehabad and Mansa Haryana and 10.12 Gujarat Gas Ltd. (Punjab) Districts Punjab 10.13 Chatra and Palamu Districts Jharkhand Bharat Gas Resources Ltd. 10.14 Seraikela-Kharsawan District Jharkhand GAIL Gas Ltd. 10.15 West Singhbhum District Jharkhand GAIL Gas Ltd. Consortium of AG&P LNG Bagalkot, Koppal and Raichur Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.16 Karnataka Districts Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc.

Consortium of AG&P LNG Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.17 Karnataka Kodagu Districts Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc.. Consortium of AG&P LNG Kalaburagi and Vijayapura Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.18 Karnataka Districts Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc. Consortium of AG&P LNG Mysuru, Mandya and Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.19 Karnataka Chamarajanagar Districts Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc.

Consortium of AG&P LNG Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.20 Karnataka Shivamogga Districts Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc.

Consortium of AG&P LNG Alapuzzha, Kollam and Marketing Pte. Ltd. & 10.21 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Districts Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc.

Madhya Indian Oil Corporation 10.22 Ashoknagar District Pradesh Limited (Except already Madhya 10.23 authorized) District and State Gas Limited Pradesh Madhya Indian Oil Corporation 10.24 District Pradesh Limited Raisen, Shajapur and Sehore Madhya 10.25 GAIL Gas Limited Districts Pradesh Consortium of Think Gas Madhya Investments Pte. Ltd. and 10.26 District Pradesh Think Gas Distribution Pvt. Ltd. Madhya 10.27 Sidhi and Singrauli Districts Bharat Gas Resources Ltd. Pradesh Ujjain (Except area already authorized) District, Dewas (Except area already Madhya 10.28 Gujarat Gas Limited authorized) District and Indore Pradesh (Except area already authorized) District Madhya Anuppur, Bilaspur and Korba 10.29 Pradesh and Adani Gas Ltd. Districts Chhattisgarh Madhya Jhabua, Banswara, Ratlam and 10.30 Pradesh and Gujarat Gas Limited Dungarpur Districts Rajasthan Jhansi (Except area already Madhya authorized) District, , 10.31 Pradesh and Adani Gas Ltd. Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Uttar Pradesh Districts Ferozepur, Faridkot and Sri 10.32 Punjab Gujarat Gas Limited Muktsar Sahib Districts Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur 10.33 Punjab Gujarat Gas Limited Districts Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand 10.34 Rajasthan Indraprastha Gas Limited Districts 10.35 Jalore and Sirohi Districts Rajasthan Gujarat Gas Limited Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia 10.36 Uttar Pradesh Torrent Gas Pvt. Ltd. Districts Bareilly (Except area already Hindustan Petroleum 10.37 authorized) District, Pilibhit Uttar Pradesh Corporation Ltd. and Rampur Districts Basti and Ambedkarnagar 10.38 Uttar Pradesh Torrent Gas Pvt. Ltd. Districts Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Hindustan Petroleum 10.39 Uttar Pradesh Districts Corporation Ltd. 10.40 Gonda and Barabanki Districts Uttar Pradesh Torrent Gas Pvt. Ltd. Jaunpur and Ghazipur Indian-Oil Adani Gas Private 10.41 Uttar Pradesh Districts Limited Kanpur (Except area already 10.42 authorized) District, Fatehpur Uttar Pradesh Indraprastha Gas Limited and Hamirpur Districts Mainpuri and Kannauj Hindustan Petroleum 10.43 Uttar Pradesh Districts Corporation Ltd. Mirzapur, Chandauli and 10.44 Uttar Pradesh GAIL Gas Limited Sonbhadra Districts Shahjahanpur and Budaun Hindustan Petroleum 10.45 Uttar Pradesh Districts Corporation Ltd. Uttar Pradesh Hindustan Petroleum 10.46 Bijnor and Nainital Districts and Corporation Ltd. Uttarakhand Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Hindustan Petroleum 10.47 West Bengal Uttar Dinajpur Districts Corporation Ltd. Howrah (Except Area already authorized) District and Hindustan Petroleum 10.48 West Bengal Hoogly (Except Area already Corporation Ltd. authorized) District Nadia (Except Area already authorized) District and North Hindustan Petroleum 10.49 West Bengal 24 Parganas (Except Area Corporation Ltd. already authorized) District South 24 Parganas (Except Hindustan Petroleum 10.50 Area already authorized) West Bengal Corporation Ltd. District

3. As per provisions of the CGD Authorisation Regulations, authorization shall be granted to the successful bidders after receipt of the requisite Performance Bank Guarantee from the concerned entities within specified period of 30 days. Entity-wise details of successful bidders are given below: - Number of S.No Name of Bidder Geographical Areas 1 Adani Gas Limited 2 2 Bharat Gas Resources Limited 2 Consortium of LNG Marketing Pte. Ltd. & Atlantic Gulf & 3 9 Pacific Company of Manila Inc. Consortium of Think Gas Investments Pte. Ltd & Think Gas 4 1 Distribution Pvt. Ltd. 5 GAIL Gas Limited 4 6 Gujarat Gas Limited 6 7 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 9 8 Indian Oil Corporation Limited 9 9 Indian Oil Adani Gas Private Limited 1 10 Indraprastha Gas Limited 3 11 Rajasthan State Gas Limited 1 12 Torrent Gas Private Limited 3 The details of GAs allocated to above mentioned entities is Annexed at Table A

4. At present, CGD authorisation has been given by PNGRB for 178 GAs covering 280 districts (263 complete and 17 part) spread over 26 States and UTs. These cover approx. 50 percent of India’s population (as per 2011 census) and 35 percent of its geographical area. In addition, CGD operations are being carried out in 5 districts, authorisation for which is either under consideration of PNGRB or is sub-judice.

5. With the completion of 10th CGD Bidding Round, CGD would be available in 228 GAs comprising 402 districts spread over 27 States and Union Territories covering approximately 70 percent of India’s population and 53 percent of its geographical area.

6. As per the commitment made by the various entities in the 50 GAs approved for issuance of LoIs in 10th CGD Bidding Round, 2,02,92,760 domestic PNG (piped natural gas) connections and 3,578 CNG (compressed natural gas) stations for transport sector would be installed largely during a period of 8 years up to 31st March 2029, in addition to 58,177 inch-km of steel pipeline. Further, the entities would be authorised to supply natural gas to industrial and commercial units in their respective GAs as per the limits provided in the CGD Authorisation Regulations. Year-wise approximate phasing of the creation of physical infrastructure by the entities as per CGD Authorisation Regulations would be as under:

Number of Number of Length of steel Year Period PNG CNG pipeline (in Connections stations inch-km) 1 1st April, 2019 to 31st March, 2020 0 0 2,909 2 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2021 20,29,276 526 8,727 3 1st April, 2021 to 31st March, 2022 20,29,276 526 11,635 4 1st April, 2022 to 31st March, 2023 20,29,276 526 11,635 5 1st April, 2023 to 31st March, 2024 20,29,276 526 5,818 6 1st April, 2024 to 31st March, 2025 39,59,552 526 5,818 7 1st April, 2025 to 31st March, 2026 39,59,552 526 5,818 8 1st April, 2026 to 31st March, 2027 39,59,552 358 5,817 9 1st April, 2027 to 31st March, 2028 99,000 22 0 10 1st April, 2028 to 31st March, 2029 1,98,000 42 0 Total 2,02,92,760 3,578 58,177 7. The Board has also approved balance 2 cases of 9th CGD Bidding Round for issuance of LoI, the details of which are as under:

GA Unique ID Geographical Area State Successful Bidder Srikakulam, Vishakapatnam & Andhra Indian Oil Corporation 9.01 Vizianagaram Districts Pradesh Limited Consortium on Haryana City Gas (Kapil Chopra 9.18 Jhajjar District Haryana Enterprise) and Rati Chopra

8. With this, Authorization letters/LoIs for all the GAs covered under 9th and 10th rounds for development of CGD Network, have been completed.

9. LoIs to successful entities shall be handed over in a function to be held on 01st March 2019 at New Delhi.

Table-A Successful Bidder-wise list of GAs under 10th CGD Bidding Round Entity Geographical Area State and Anuppur, Bilaspur and Korba Districts Chhattisgarh Adani Gas Limited Jhansi (Except area already authorized) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar District, Bhind, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Datia Pradesh Districts Bharat Gas Chatra and Palamu Districts Jharkhand Resources Limited Sidhi and Singrauli Districts Madhya Pradesh

Anantapur and YSR (Kadapa) Districts Andhra Pradesh Consortium of Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District Andhra Pradesh AG&P LNG Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Chittoor, Kolar and Vellore Districts Marketing Pte Ltd. and Tamil Nadu & Atlantic Gulf & Bagalkot, Koppal and Raichur Districts Karnataka Pacific Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu Karnataka Districts

Kalaburagi and Vijayapura Districts Karnataka

Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar Karnataka Districts Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Shivamogga Karnataka Districts Alapuzzha, Kollam and Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Districts Consortium of Think Gas Distribution Pvt. Shivpuri District Madhya Pradesh Ltd. & Think Gas Investment Pte. Ltd. Seraikela-Kharsawan District Jharkhand GAIL Gas Limited West Singhbhum District Jharkhand

Raisen, Shajapur and Sehore Districts Madhya Pradesh

Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonbhadra Uttar Pradesh Districts Sirsa, Fatehabad and Mansa (Punjab) Haryana and Punjab Districts Ujjain (Except area already authorized) Gujarat Gas District, Dewas (Except area already Limited Madhya Pradesh authorized) District and Indore (Except

area already authorized) District

Jhabua, Banswara, Ratlam and Dungarpur Madhya Pradesh and

Districts Rajasthan

Ferozepur, Faridkot and Sri Muktsar Punjab Sahib Districts Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur Districts Punjab Jalore and Sirohi Districts Rajasthan Bareilly (Except area already authorized) Uttar Pradesh District, Pilibhit and Rampur Districts Farrukhabad, Etah and Hardoi Districts Uttar Pradesh Hindustan Mainpuri and Kannauj Districts Uttar Pradesh Petroleum Shahjahanpur and Budaun Districts Uttar Pradesh Corporation Uttar Pradesh and Limited Bijnor and Nainital Districts Uttarakhand

Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Uttar Dinajpur West Bengal Districts

Howrah (Except Area already authorized) District and Hoogly (Except Area already West Bengal authorized) District Nadia (Except Area already authorized) District and North 24 Parganas (Except West Bengal Area already authorized) District South 24 Parganas (Except Area already West Bengal authorized) District Araria, Purnia, Katihar and Kishanganj Bihar Districts Indian Oil Arwal, Jehanabad, Bhojpur and Buxar Bihar Corporation Districts Limited Khagaria, Saharsa and Madhepura Bihar Districts

Lakhisarai, Munger and Bhagalpur Bihar Districts

Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Saran and Bihar Samastipur Districts

Nawada and Koderma Districts Bihar and Jharkhand

Sheikhpura, Jamui and Deoghar Districts Bihar and Jharkhand Ashoknagar District Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh IndianOil-Adani Jaunpur and Ghazipur Districts Uttar Pradesh Gas Private Limited Indraprastha Gas Kaithal District Haryana Limited Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand Districts Rajasthan Kanpur (Except area already authorized) Uttar Pradesh District, Fatehpur and Hamirpur Districts Rajasthan State Gas Gwalior (Except already authorized) Madhya Pradesh Limited District and Sheopur District Torrent Gas Private Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia Districts Uttar Pradesh Limited Basti and Ambedkarnagar Districts Uttar Pradesh

Gonda and Barabanki Districts Uttar Pradesh