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LPG In India: The Fuel For The Twenty First Century Nation

Indane is a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) manufacturing and distribution corporation that was set up by Indian Oil Corporation (otherwise referred to as IOC) and is also owned by IOC. Conceived in 1964 as a state owned business corporation that was aimed to provide non-toxic efficient cooking fuel to Indian households, it is currently recognized the world's second largest LPG manufacturing and distribution cooperation.   The business corporations had a humble beginning when it provided its very first LPG connections in Kolkata in the year 1965. However with the progression of time the corporation grew in leaps and bounds providing household cooking fuel to crores of Indians in the twenty first century. LPG in India is a reasonably affordable non toxic fuel made up of two flammable colourless gases i.e. n-propane and n-butane. The mixture of gases has a very low boiling point (-42 0 C) and the gas can liquefied with relative ease by applying a moderate amount of pressure under s

GAIL: The Corporation That Runs The LPG Pipelines That Provides Fuel To India

Gas Authority of India Limited, commonly referred to as GAIL, is India’s largest state-run and owned natural gas processing and disbursement cooperation with its headquarters in national capital of New Delhi. The company has the business operations in the domain of liquefied petroleum gas transmission, natural gas (mostly methane) and liquid hydrocarbon processing and distribution, petroleum byproducts like petrochemical production, urban gas distribution, exploration of novel sites coupled with production, as well as electricity generation. GAIL is recognized as a prestigious Maharatna company by the Government of India since 2013. It is among only eight other PSE (Public Sector Enterprise) corporations that has received this esteemed recognition. Over the preceding years GAIL has demonstrated immense growth in the field of gas transmission by constructing a massive network of trunk pipelines covering a distance of around 10,700 kilometers across the country. Currently GAIL owns th