India : Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Investment Program
The proposed small-scale project preparatory technical assistance (S-PPTA) is not included in the 2016 pipeline of ADB's India country operations business plan (COBP), 2016-2018. The formal inclusion of the intended loan program will be confirmed with the Government of India in 2016. The S-PPTA will jumpstart due diligence and preparatory work for a loan or series of loans to fund the pipeline. Consultation missions fielded on 10-11 December 2015 and 11-14 January 2016 to discuss project preparation activities and obtain additional information, underscored the need to begin due diligence and preparatory work.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Ogino, Kaoru
South Asia Department
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Country/Economy
India -
Modality
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Sector
- Energy
| Project Name | Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Investment Program | ||||
| Project Number | 50001-004 | ||||
| Country / Economy | India |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Oil and gas transmission and distribution |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The proposed small-scale project preparatory technical assistance (S-PPTA) is not included in the 2016 pipeline of ADB's India country operations business plan (COBP), 2016-2018. The formal inclusion of the intended loan program will be confirmed with the Government of India in 2016. The S-PPTA will jumpstart due diligence and preparatory work for a loan or series of loans to fund the pipeline. Consultation missions fielded on 10-11 December 2015 and 11-14 January 2016 to discuss project preparation activities and obtain additional information, underscored the need to begin due diligence and preparatory work. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The S-PPTA will help prepare the project to support GITLs pipeline construction requirements. The S-PPTAs outputs will be due diligence on financial management, financial and economic analysis, technical analysis, and safeguards (environment, involuntary resettlement, and indigenous peoples). ADB intends to hire consultants as soon as possible, and conduct another mission to finalize the project/program concept for ADBs concept paper approval process, followed by further due diligence. | ||||
| Impact | Enhanced natural gas transmission system capacity in India. ('Vision 2030 Natural Gas Infrastructure in India) |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | A well-prepared tranche 1 investment project supporting India's green energy corridor investment initiative completed. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Due diligence on environment, social and poverty, financial management, financial and economic analysis, and technical analysis completed. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Stakeholder engagement will occur during project preparation as well as implementation. |
| During Project Implementation | Stakeholder engagement will occur during project preparation as well as implementation. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Four international consultants for 8.5 person-months and one national consultant for 2 person-months will be recruited. ADB will engage the consultants on an individual basis in accordance with its Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2015, as amended from time to time), and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for engaging individual consultants. Disbursements under the S-PPTA will be made in accordance with ADB's Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook (2015, as amended from time to time). The consultants will prepare inception, draft final, and final reports. Outline terms of reference are given in Attachment 1. Lump-sum payments/output-based contracts will be considered for consulting services under the TA. |
| Procurement | No major procurement is expected. Any procurement of goods will be carried out in accordance with ADB Procurement Guidelines (2013, as amended from time to time). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Ogino, Kaoru |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Energy Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 08 Feb 2016 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 19 Mar 2018 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 08 Feb 2016 | - | 08 Feb 2016 | 31 Mar 2017 | 31 Mar 2018 | 30 Jun 2018 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 225,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 225,000.00 | 30 Aug 2022 | 88,097.04 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Investment Program: Technical Assistance Completion Report | TA Completion Reports | Aug 2022 |
| Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Investment Program: Project Data Sheet (हिन्दी) | Translated PDS | Mar 2016 |
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