Though it is amply clear by now that the marketing and pipeline businesses of state-run GAIL (India) will be separated, opinions of departments within the government seem to differ on the ownership and shape of the new entity to be created.
While the ministry of petroleum and natural gas feel the pipeline company should remain a subsidiary of GAIL, same as GAIL Gas which operates the city gas distribution business, the Niti Aayog and the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) are of the view that the pipeline division should be an independent entity.
