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India-Pakistan expert groups to meet in June
Experts groups of India and Pakistan on electricity and petroleum are likely to meet next month to work out the modalities for exporting power, petrol, diesel and petrochemicals to Pakistan. The issue of a pipeline from Bathinda to Haveli in Pakistan is also likely to be on the agenda.
The newly established Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR), an HPCL-Mittal joint venture at Bathinda has a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum. It is learnt that the refinery has offered to export one million tonnes of petrol and diesel to Pakistan due to its strategic location close to the border. There is a proposal on the table for a pipeline from Bathinda to either Haveli in Sargodha, Punjab in Pakistan, which is around 25 km from the Indian border, or at Pak Patang, which is around 100 km. Pakistan is studying how it could connect this to its feeder pipelines.
This is all set to come up for discussion during the meeting of the Expert Group on Petroleum next month, a senior official in the Petroleum Ministry said. It is also learnt that the oil marketing companies and the GGSR at Bathinda have also offered that till the time the pipeline is put in place, they were ready to send the consignment through the Attari-Wagah land route in tankers.
There is problem in exporting anything liquid from India into Pakistan as there is no liquid handling mechanism in place at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the border under the customs. This needs to be put in place urgently and this issue will also come up for discussions during the meeting, a senior Ministry official said.
Similarly, on the electricity side, apart from negotiations gaining ground within the government circles and both sides looking at the mechanism and modalities for putting in place a plan on how to export electricity across the border, the private sector also chipped in.
Some private sector players from India have approached us to supply electricity to Pakistan along with some public sector companies from India. Pakistan has no objection to it and we would more than welcome this.
We need to work out the landed cost of power and also the mechanism that would allow this to be done. The private sector will need permissions from their government in India and this will also come up for discussions during the meeting of the expert group on electricity, sources in the Pakistan camp said.
Both sides have also agreed that software body Nasscom will co-ordinate with Pakistan Software Export Development Board to facilitate a road show for Pakistani IT companies in Bangalore, Hyderabad and other Indian IT hubs for extending cooperation in this sector.
The Hindu : Business / Economy : India-Pakistan expert groups to meet in June
Experts groups of India and Pakistan on electricity and petroleum are likely to meet next month to work out the modalities for exporting power, petrol, diesel and petrochemicals to Pakistan. The issue of a pipeline from Bathinda to Haveli in Pakistan is also likely to be on the agenda.
The newly established Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR), an HPCL-Mittal joint venture at Bathinda has a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum. It is learnt that the refinery has offered to export one million tonnes of petrol and diesel to Pakistan due to its strategic location close to the border. There is a proposal on the table for a pipeline from Bathinda to either Haveli in Sargodha, Punjab in Pakistan, which is around 25 km from the Indian border, or at Pak Patang, which is around 100 km. Pakistan is studying how it could connect this to its feeder pipelines.
This is all set to come up for discussion during the meeting of the Expert Group on Petroleum next month, a senior official in the Petroleum Ministry said. It is also learnt that the oil marketing companies and the GGSR at Bathinda have also offered that till the time the pipeline is put in place, they were ready to send the consignment through the Attari-Wagah land route in tankers.
There is problem in exporting anything liquid from India into Pakistan as there is no liquid handling mechanism in place at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the border under the customs. This needs to be put in place urgently and this issue will also come up for discussions during the meeting, a senior Ministry official said.
Similarly, on the electricity side, apart from negotiations gaining ground within the government circles and both sides looking at the mechanism and modalities for putting in place a plan on how to export electricity across the border, the private sector also chipped in.
Some private sector players from India have approached us to supply electricity to Pakistan along with some public sector companies from India. Pakistan has no objection to it and we would more than welcome this.
We need to work out the landed cost of power and also the mechanism that would allow this to be done. The private sector will need permissions from their government in India and this will also come up for discussions during the meeting of the expert group on electricity, sources in the Pakistan camp said.
Both sides have also agreed that software body Nasscom will co-ordinate with Pakistan Software Export Development Board to facilitate a road show for Pakistani IT companies in Bangalore, Hyderabad and other Indian IT hubs for extending cooperation in this sector.
The Hindu : Business / Economy : India-Pakistan expert groups to meet in June
