The United Progressive Alliance government has done well to join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. But it should guard against the temptation of viewing the project as a substitute for the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline. Given high global oil prices and its growing energy needs, India needs all the gas it can get.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/going-gas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-gas
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-petroleum-natural-gas
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afghanistan
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turkmenistan