(EnergyAsia, May 21 2012, Monday) — The Indian government has appointed state  gas firm GAIL India Ltd to begin importing 38 million cubic metres/day (mcm/d) of natural gas from Turkmenistan for 30 years.The plan is dependent on the 2018 completion of the proposed 1,680-km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India line (TAPI) with the capacity to carry 90 million mcm/d…