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- Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), established in 1998 and headquartered at IGL Bhawan, Plot No. 4, Community Centre, Sector-9, R.K. Puram, New Delhi, India, operates as a leading city gas distribution company in India, primarily supplying compressed natural gas (CNG) to the transport sector and piped natural gas (PNG) to domestic, commercial, and industrial consumers; it sources natural gas via the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline owned by GAIL (India) Limited, with which it maintains a joint venture alongside Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and the Government of Delhi. The company delivers PNG comprising mainly methane with minor higher hydrocarbons to households, hotels, restaurants, malls, commercial complexes, educational and religious institutions, and hospitals; CNG as a cleaner vehicular fuel through an extensive network of stations; and services across the National Capital Region (NCR) including Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Gurugram, Meerut, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Karnal, Rewari, Kanpur, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Kaithal, Ajmer, Pali, Rajsamand, Banda, and additional districts in Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Targeting transportation, residential, commercial, and industrial markets with a focus on safe, reliable, and environmentally friendly energy solutions, IGL maintains high operational standards, including a 99.99% pipeline reliability rate.
In recent developments, IGL secures board approval for an alliance-cum-partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia's Masah Construction Company to develop natural gas infrastructure, marking its first major international expansion; it forms a joint venture with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RVUNL) for a 500 MWp solar power plant in Bikaner, Rajasthan, at an estimated cost of Rs 2,066 crore, awaiting state cabinet approval; and sharply raises FY26 capital expenditure by 67% to over Rs 2,000 crore from Rs 1,200 crore in FY25, allocating Rs 1,400 crore to core city gas distribution expansion and Rs 600 crore to diversification including 10 compressed biogas (CBG) plants with minimum 26% equity, six to seven retail liquefied natural gas (LNG) stations, and solar initiatives to mitigate risks from electric vehicles and regulatory shifts.