Reversing its earlier stand, a high level government committee said that domestic natural gas users cannot be asked to subsidise costlier imported LNG as pooling of natural gas prices was not feasible. An inter-ministerial panel headed by Planning Commission Member Saumitra Chaudhuri in its draft report a few months back had suggested averaging out price of costlier imported LNG with cheaper domestic gas.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/high-level-panel-says-no-pooling-natural-gas-price
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/resource-digest
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-gas
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-pricing
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/liquefied-natural-gas-lng
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry