The Committee will now submit its report by August 31, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today.
"Government constituted a single member committee comprising of Ajit Prakash Shah former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on December 15, 2015 to look into the dispute between RIL and ONGC regarding ONGC blocks (KG-DWN-98/2 & Godavari PML) and RIL block (KG-DWN-98/3) in Krishna Godavari basin," he said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha here.
"However, considering the volume of work involved and complexity of the issue, the Committee has sought extension till August 31, 2016 for submission of the report which has been agreed by the Government," he said.
The panel is looking into "acts of omission and commission" as well as compensation to ONGC.
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"Terms of References (TORs) to the committee includes looking into the issue of gas migration and give its recommendations in this regard," he said.
Pradhan said the committee has conducted hearings and has taken written submission from all stakeholders.
It has been asked to "quantify the unfair enrichment, if any, to the contractors of the adjacent block KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) and measures to prevent future unfair enrichment to these contractors on account of gas migration."
It has also been asked to "recommend action to be taken to make good the loss to ONGC/government on account of such unfair enrichment to the contractors."
RIL has 60 per cent interest in KG-D6 block, while Niko holds 10 per cent stake. BP holds the remaining 30 per cent.
The primary objective of the project would be to serve
the people of North East and provide quality medical care.
There would be no profit motive and any revenue generated from the hospital would be invested back in the hospital for further improvement and the implementing agency would recruit local people, Shankar said.
BAVP chairman Anil Bhalerao thanked ONGC for having faith in them and signing the MoA for the setting up of the hospital.
The rates would be as low as 70 per cent of the market rate and 33 per cent of the hospital facilities would be exclusively for the economically weaker sections, he said.
Among others who spoke on the occasion were ONGC's Director (Onshore) V P Mahawar and Director (HR) D D Mishra.
Later on ONGC authorities handed over a cheque of Rs 14.79 crore to BAVP as the first instalment of the project.
The second phase would cost Rs 96.05 crore to create 120 beds with cardiology, cardiac surgery, gastroenterology, nephrology, urology, neurology, neurosurgery, paediatric surgery, surgical gastroenterology, plastic and cosmetic surgery and was expected to be completed by July 2021.
The final phase was estimated to cost Rs 117.22 crore for creation of 142 beds with renal transplant, IVF, endocrinology, surgical oncology, medical oncology and radiation facilities and would be completed by July 2023.