#Gas4India campaign launched: All you should know about it

#Gas4India campaign launched to provide impetus to India's move towards gas based economy.

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#Gas4India campaign
#Gas4India campaign

In a bid to promote natural gas in the country, the government has launched the Gas4India campaign. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also launched the website, Twitter handle, Facebook page and theme song of the campaign.

The country is moving towards the gas-based economy, and it is working to increase the share of gas in the country's energy basket from the present 6.5 per cent.

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Listed below are the key features of the campaign:

  • It is a unified cross-country, multimedia, multi-event campaign to communicate the national, social, economic and ecological benefits of using natural gas as the fuel of choice to every citizen who uses, or will use in the near future, gas in any way: cook, travel, light their homes, and power their business
  • The campaign includes social engagement via Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, and its official blogsite, as well as hyper local, offline events to directly connect with consumers through discussions, workshops and cultural events
  • Besides the move to enhance gas production, the government is promoting a nation-wide gas grid and setting up gas infrastructure
  • Three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals are all set to come up in the country
  • India has entered into long term contracts and acquired assets abroad to ensure unhindered supply of gas at reasonable prices
  • The Government is going to take steps to harness synthetic gas from Coal Bed Methane, and also promoting Bio-CNG and Bio-PNG
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