Gail chief Bhuwan Chandra Tripathi’s tenure likely to be extended

Prior to his current post, Tripathi was the director of Marketing for nearly two years.

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The state-run firm, India's biggest gas marketing and trading company, owns most of the country's pipelines. GAIL has also taken up key initiatives of the Modi government. They recently invested Rs 5,000 crore for the construction of pipelines in West Bengal to supply gas and CNG. GAIL also persuaded the government to fund 40% of the pipeline project cost. The 3400-km gas pipeline would bring cleaner fuel to large parts of eastern India with a hope to revive three fertilizer units along the way.

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