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August 17, 2012

Press Note Eng Dt: 17/08/2012 on GAS

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OFFICE OF THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION

Gujarat Vidhansabha, Gandhinagar.

 

 

Press Note                                                                              17th August, 2012

  • Gujarat gets maximum quantity of 26.7MMSCMD of gas from the Centre.
  •  Gujarat is getting more gas in UPA Rule than what it was getting during BJP ruled NDA Government at Centre.
  •  Centre gives gas to Mumbai, Delhi and Gujarat at the same rate which is 4.2 US dollars minus royalty per MMSCMD.
  • Gujarat has 15% VAT while other states have VAT ranging from 4% to 0%.
  •  Whenever the elections come near, the spirit of Goebbels residing inside the Gujarat Chief Minister becomes hyperactive and spreads many lies.

Gujaratis being provided about 27% of gasfromthecentre. The Congress led UPAGovernmentat the Centre has allocated more gastoGujarat than the BJP ledNDAGovernment of the past,LeaderofOppositionShaktisinh Gohilsaidin astatementtoday.  Gas isavailablewith the CentralGovernment as per theAdministered PriceMechanism(APM), out of which a large share is given toGujarat. In reality APM gas is provided by theGovernment of IndiatoDelhi, Mumbai andGujaratat the same rate of 4.2 US Dollars minus the royalty per MMBTU.  There is not a variation of a single paisa in the rate of gas provided by the Government of India. He said that the Government of Gujarat has recently published ananonymousadvertisementcalled” Congress’s slap in gasallocationtoGujarat”.  As per the law, no advertisement can be published without a name, yet thisabsolutelie by the Chief Minister is being illegallypublished. Whenever the elections come near, the spirit of Goebbels residing inside the Gujarat Chief Minister becomes hyperactiveand spreadsmany lies.  In reality, the Government of Gujarat charges 15% VAT on Gas, while Governments in other states charge VAT between 0% to 4 % on Gas. As there is more VAT on Gas inGujarat, costly gas is provided to Gujarati’s. To hide this fact from the public, the Chief Minister of Gujarat has spent lakhs of rupees on these frivolous advertisements and slapped the people ofGujarat.  APM gas is available to the Government of India at 119.51 MMSCMD,Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day, against which thetotalrequirement of the country is 226 MMSCMD. Hence the demand for Gas is more than the supply and as a result the government has to import gas frominternationalmarket. From the 119.51 MMSCMD,amountof Gas available, the Government of India is providing maximum share of 26.7 MMSCMD toGujarat. This being the truth, the anonymous advertisements displayed on Television by the Gujarat Government show as if the Central Government is not providing Gas to Gujarat at all and it is only giving a slapGujarat. In factGujaratis getting more gas now than what it was getting during BJP Government’s rule at Centre. APM gas 4.4 MMBTU minus royalty, this rate is same for Gujarat, Mumbai andDelhi. Gohil said that gas should be supplied in the state at the rate which comesafter mixing imported gas in low priced gas which is found inGujarat. But the fact is thatGujaratlevies highest 15% VAT on gas.  Ontopof it the distribution is given to Modi’s favourite Adani and people have to pay more price. People of the State do not get gas at lower prices and recently CAG has found that gas is given at a price much lower than purchase price to Adani. People have to bear burden of corruption of crores of rupees of Adani, headded.

Gohil challenged Modiforapublicdebateon CAGreportabout providing gastoAdani at low prices, 26.7 MMSCMD Gas supplied to theStateby theCentralGovernmentout of 119.51 MMSCMD  of Gas and commission given to Modi’s favourite company. InGujarat, he said,Public SectorCompany GSPC gets gas from the Centre. Shortfall of gas is met by buying gas from international market.Gujarat STbuses use CNG gas from this stock. In a situation when one has to use something at two places one does not retain a middleman. However, Modi is using services of Adani as a middleman to provide GSPC gas toState Road Transport Corporationand thus giving Adani commission of millions of rupees.

A situation of drought has developed inGujaratand the Chief Minister should declare a drought in the State and help people, which he is not doing. Farmers are committing suicide, livestock is starving,Narmadawater is flowing into the sea. Instead of diverting this water to farms or available ponds and lakes or rivers of North Gujarat and Kutch, the Chief Minister is keeping this water inSabarmatiRiverand enjoying rides on motor boats, he said.  The Chief Minister is putting false allegations on the Ccentral Government to spread his lies. The cost of these false and anonymous advertisements on TV should be borne by BJP; instead lakhs of rupees are spent from the corpus of the State Government to spread these lies, which is illegal. This is the money of people ofGujarat.

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