India to raise natural gas in energy mix to 15%
India will increase the proportion of natural gas in its energy mix from existing 6.5% to 15% to move towards a gas-based economy, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. Pradhan said this while launching the ‘Gas4India’ campaign, aimed at promoting gas usage in the country. Notably, the global average of gas proportion in the energy mix is 23.5%.