Report: Panel will favour tying regional gas prices to the crude basket.

The price of the bulk of local production to an Indian crude basket with a cap of $6.50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) The cap is expected to shield consumers from global fluctuations .

According to sources, India's natural gas price review committee is expected to favor linking the price of the bulk of local production to an Indian crude basket with a cap of $6.50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), to shield consumers from global fluctuations after state-set gas prices of gas from old fields and a ceiling price for production from difficult blocks hit a record high in September.

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