In 2022-23, India’s LPG consumption was 28.5 million tons (MT) and production was 12.8 MT. At over 41.1 percent, LPG imports accounted for the largest share of petroleum product imports in 2022-23. Domestic LPG consumption accounted for over 89 percent of total consumption. The adoption of LPG by low-income households …
Dec. 5: The government on Friday announced a reduction in the price of petrol by Rs 5 a litre and in diesel by Rs 2 a litre, to be effective from midnight Friday-Saturday, as the international price of crude hit a four-year low. There will be no reduction in kerosene …
The government today cut prices of petrol by 10 per cent and diesel by 6 per cent, effective midnight, a day before the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are expected to announce a coordinate economic stimulus package combining infrastructure investment, excise breaks and key lending rate cuts. …
This study examines household behaviour related to fuelwood collection and use. The focus is on identifying the behavioral transition of fuelwood-using households from collection to purchase. The study examines the theory linking households
Saubhadra Chatterji & Rakteem Katakey / New Delhi November 19, 2008, 0:09 IST As the global crude prices have taken a substantial dip, the UPA government is set to slash the domestic fuel prices. But this price cut will take place only after the current Assembly polling is over on …
CHANDIGARH The empowered committee of state finance ministers has expressed unanimous indignation over the inexplicable delay in the reduction of petrol, diesel and LPG rates despite the substantial correction in international crude oil prices. West Bengal finance minister Ashim Dasgupta, who has been elected chairman for the committee
Net Profit: Rs1456 cr You would have imagined that with oil prices skyrocketing over the past few years, companies such as BPCL would do exceptionally well. That hasn
BS Reporter / New Delhi October 22, 2008, 0:49 IST First supplementary demand for grants gets Lok Sabha nod. The Lok Sabha today approved the central government
Cooking gas plants that generate gas from bio-degradable household waste would be useful in addressing the current fuel crisis and waste disposal problem in the capital. But the technology has largely been ignored. The technology, developed by Phuxin Citizen in China, was introduced in Nepal by a group of engineers …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The stern warning issued by Petroleum Secretary R.S. Pande to the oil marketing companies (OMCs) has paid off. The waiting list for new LPG connections has been reduced by almost 50 per cent and the oil companies have given an assurance that the remaining would be …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has reduced value added tax (VAT) on diesel by two per cent, making the fuel cheaper by 60 paise per litre, and abolished the four per cent VAT on liquefied petroleum gas, reducing its price by Rs.13.42 per cylinder. However, the government has not provided any …
India is witnessing an increasing demand for energy in its rapidly expanding economy and is making large investments in exploration, fuel production, generation, transmission and distribution of power and in setting up a grid infrastructure. However, gender-based empowerment, the needs of women and their access to and control over energy …
The Prime Minister has constituted a high powered committee under the chairmanship of Shri B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, to examine the financial position of oil companies. The terms of reference of the committee will be: to examine the impact of the increase in oil prices between 2004-05 and …
Business Standard / New Delhi August 26, 2008, 5:18 IST The proximate reason for the hike in petroleum product prices last month was the likelihood of shortages in these products, as cash-strapped oil firms ran out of money to import crude. To the extent that crude oil prices have dropped …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Raghaw Sharan Pandey, who took over as the new Petroleum Secretary on Friday, has issued strict directions to the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) not to put any restrictions on "release and registration' of new LPG connections and make provisions for the purchase of 15 lakh new …
T. Ramakrishnan For 2008-2009, the government proposes to give eight lakh connections CHENNAI: The State government is yet to receive the Centre's sanction for eight lakh LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) connections, proposed to be given in the current financial year, under its free LPG connection scheme. For 2008-2009, the State …
The effluent and emission standards for oil refineries were notified under Environment (Protection) Act in the years 1986 and 1990, respectively. These standards were same for old & new refineries and considered only few parameters. There was need to include additional parameters viz. Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Volatile Organic Compounds …
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices have been increased by Rs 3 to Rs 5 per kg, or Rs 30 to Rs 50 per 11.8 kg cylinder and Rs 115 to Rs 230 for 45.4 kg cylinder by local marketing companies. LPG Distributors Association Pakistan Chairman Abdul Hadi Khan said that …
