The government appointed committee headed by Kirit Parikh, on Wednesday, proposed capping domestic gas prices in a band of $4- 6.50 per unit. This would relieve the current strain faced by gas distributers and end users.
According to reports, ONGC will be paid a floor price of $ 4/mmbtu and ceiling price of $ 6.5/mmbtu. The ceiling price will have an annual escalation clause. The committee may not change the existing pricing formula for difficult fields such as KG-D6 of Reliance Industries, PTI reported. Besides, the Committee has also asked the government to remove caps on gas prices in