India’s 9th City Gas Distribution (CGD) bidding round is scheduled for closure today evening. 86 permits for retailing CNG and piped cooking gas in 22 states and union territories have been offered in this round. Major oil and gas companies like Indraprastha Gas Ltd, India Gas Solutions Pvt Ltd (RIL-BP JV), IGL and Essel Infraprojects Ltd are bidding for the licenses, auctioned by PNGRB.