(EnergyAsia, February 2) — State-owned Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) said it has paid the Indian government an interim dividend of Rs 2,909.6 billion for the financial year 2006. (US$1=Rs44).   Proshanto Banerjee, GAIL’s chairman and managing director, presented the cheque to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at a ceremony last month….