Government bans sale of gas, coal-bed methane to self

The government has banned natural gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) producers from buying their own produce in the newly notified gas marketing freedom guidelines.
Reliance had outbid gas utility GAIL India Ltd for gas from Sohagpur till March 2021. State-owned GAIL had criticized the move saying Reliance had a 14 percent tax advantage in the bid as stock transfer within the company is not subject to VAT.