Centre refuses KG basin gas to SMEs

Guj govt had sought allocation last year

PTI | March 13, 2010



The Gujarat government has said that despite representation by the state, the Centre did not allocate gas for small and medium enterprises of the state from D-6 block of KG basin.

In a written reply to the question asked by BJP MLA Vallabhbhai Kakadia, the government said that the state-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) required five million cubic metre (MCM) of gas and demand for the same quantity was made in a letter written to the prime minister by the chief minister in September, 2009.

Moreover in December, 2009, the chief minister had written a letter to the petroleum minister and MoS for petroleum for allocation of gas for the SMEs.

The state government has stated in the reply that the central government has made allocation of gas to be produced from D-6 field of KG basin for fertilisers 15.5 MCM, 31.

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