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Business EconomyPosted at: Dec 6 2019 7:27PM


Pradhan chairs meeting of Consultative Committee of MoPNG

New Delhi, Dec 6 (UNI) Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the first meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Members of Parliament (MPs) of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on December 5, a statement said here on Friday.
The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and External Affairs V Muraleedharan, 19 MPs from Lok Sabha and eight MPs from Rajya Sabha.
Secretary (Petroleum & NG), other senior officials of the Ministry and CMDs of Indian Oil and Gas PSUs were present during the meeting.
Welcoming the members of the Consultative Committee, Mr Pradhan highlighted it's role and importance in according guidance and advise to the policy and programmes of the Ministry.
Mr Pradhan briefed about the high importance accorded by the Government to gas-based economy and Biofuels, and thus the first meeting of the Consultative Committee would deliberate on these two topics.
He said the Government is working towards a transformative change in energy sector by ushering in gas-based economy by increasing share of gas in India’s primary energy mix from current 6.2 pc to 15 pc by 2030.
"Similarly, Biofuels will play a crucial role in India's energy sector, as well as assisting in the transformation of anna data to urja data, thus positively impacting the farmers in the country," it was stated.
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