Govt will benefit from gas price hike: Oil Minister

08 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has defended the move to hike the gas price and has said that it will benefit the government in terms of revenue as many gas discoveries have been made by public sector companies than private sector. The public sector companies made 90 percent of gas discoveries and the remaining by private sector so the government will get 80 percent of the income from these explorations will be back to government kitty.

Recently the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved hike in domestic gas prices using Rangarajan formula, which will be effective from April 1, 2014. The approved price is likely to be about $8.4 per million British thermal unit against $4.2 currently.

The minister further stated that US and China produced 40 to 50 percent more gas because of the no foreign investment flows to their country, while our country is going back  and needs due consideration as its difficult to survive if the country imports petroleum products worth Rs 8 lakh crore.

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