India looks to taxes and tariffs to increase gas demand
India’s government is considering including gas in the GST and reforming gas pipeline tariffs to expand access to the fuel India’s government is considering including gas in the GST and reforming gas pipeline tariffs to expand access to the fuel.
23 October 2017
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Smog in Delhi. India is hoping gas will help reduce pollution levels. (PA)
The Indian government is looking to boost domestic gas consumption by including gas in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and reforming gas pipeline tariffs to encourage investment in infrastructure.
“The two bottlenecks to increasing gas’s share in Indian energy demand are: pricing relative to substitute fuels, and infrastructure connectivity,” Anupama Sen, research director at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, told Interfax Natural Gas Daily.
India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board proposed the creation of a unified or pooled tariff for cross-country gas pipelines at...
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