The north-east states of India will soon be connected via gas pipelines of natural gas, used in households and industries. In an effort to turn India into a gas-based economy, the cabinet has today approved the capital grant as viability gap funding to Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd for setting up the North-East Natural Gas Pipeline Grid. The government had earlier announced the plan to raise the share of natural gas in the country’s primary energy mix to 15 per cent by 2030 from the present level of 6 per cent. To achieve this goal, the government has been continuously encouraging large-scale investments in gas production, transportation, and import terminals to increase countrywide access to fossil fuel.
