Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No-2008 regarding the expansion of India's refining and biofuel capacity, to be answered on December 11, 2025, posed by Shri Sunil Kumar to the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, inquires whether the Government has any proposal to establish a refinery in Paschim Champaran of Bihar to meet India's long-term energy security and commitments under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Shri Suresh Gopi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, responded that no proposal to establish a refinery in Paschim Champaran of Bihar is presently under consideration by the Government.
Key Entities Referenced
PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS: The subject of the question is a proposal concerning the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Paschim Champaran of Bihar: Location where the refinery establishment is proposed.
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): International commitments related to long-term energy security of India.
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2008
TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 DECEMBER, 2025
EXPANSION OF INDIA’S REFINING AND BIOFUEL CAPACITY
†2008. Shri Sunil Kumar:
पेट(cid:332)ोिलयम और (cid:366)ाकृ ितक गैस मं(cid:361)ी
Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:
whether the Government has any proposal to establish a refinery in Paschim Champaran of Bihar
to meet the long-term energy security of India and the commitments under the Nationally
Determined Contributions (NDCs), if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
पेट(cid:332)ोिलयम और (cid:366)ाकृ ितक गैस मं(cid:361)ालय म(cid:336) रा(cid:475)मं(cid:361)ी
((cid:373)ी सुरेश गोपी)
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
(SHRI SURESH GOPI)
No proposal to establish a refinery in Paschim Champaran of Bihar is presently under
consideration of Government.
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