Central government must give special dispensation for allocation of natural gas to power and fertiliser sectors, union Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia informed reporters at Toronto.
Scindia asserted that in terms of pricing, either in the form of subsidies or differential pricing, government must give special dispensation for supply of gas to these two sectors, the minister said.
He said his ministry was working on options for the pricing of natural gas for the power sector following the government’s recent decision to increase local gas prices to $8.4 per mBtu.
Further, the minister said it doesn’t make sense to use gas as a fuel for power plants, beyond $5 per mBtu as power is a regulated sector.
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