<span style="color: #222222;">The Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in the country's energy mix to 15 per cent in 2030 from the present level of 6.7 per cent. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said, to achieve the target, the Centre has taken several initiatives including the expansion of Natural Gas Grid to about 35 thousand kilometres from the existing 20 thousand kilometres. He said, considering the demand of natural gas across the sectors and the possibility of the price of liquefied natural gas coming down in future, the current high prices do not threaten India's goal to boost the use of gas in its energy mix.</span><br />