New Delhi: India’s natural gas consumption rose barely 1.5% in 2018-19 as higher imported gas prices limited demand from the power sector and other industries, underlining the difficulty in making the cleaner fossil fuel popular in the country.
Total gas available for sale in 2018-19 rose to 53.05 billion cubic metres (BCM) from 52.25 BCM a year earlier, according to the oil ministry data. In 2018-19, availability of domestic gas for sale rose 0.4% while import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) went up 2.6%. The share of LNG in total gas consumption in the year was 51%.
