Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is a statutory body to regulate downstream activities in the petroleum and natural gas sector in India.^[1] It was constituted under the act of Parliament of India, namely Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006. Its primary functions include regulation of refining, transportation, distribution, storage, marketing, supply and sale of petroleum products and natural gas.^[2]

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

Hindi: पेट्रोलियम और प्राकृतिक गैस नियामक बोर्ड
Agency overview
Formed	31 March 2006; 19 years ago (2006-03-31)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Ministers responsible	Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas
Agency executive	Anil Kumar Jain, Chairperson
Parent department	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Key document	Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006
Website	pngrb.gov.in

Composition

Present composition is as follow

• AK Jain (Former IAS)(Chairman)
• Anjani Kumar Tiwari (Member, I&T)
• A. Ramana Kumar(Member,C&M)
• Sudha Rani Relangi (Member, Legal)

Collaborations

In 2023, PNGRB collaborated with the World Bank to prepare a roadmap for hydrogen blending in natural gas and their transmission through gas pipelines in the country.^[3]