Judgment of the Calcutta High Court in the matter of Yeasin Molla & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/09/2023. The petitioners are the ration card holders and members of Priority Household under the National Food Security Act, 2015. In the instant writ petition the petitioners have challenged …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Union government has put in motion the process of effecting a possible fuel price hike, with the Cabinet scheduled to discuss the issue on Thursday. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora held consultations with the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) even as …
Kirit Parikh The Kirit Parikh committee has recommended market-determined pricing for petrol and diesel. It has also recommended linking the price of domestic LPG and kerosene distributed through the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the increase in per capita GDP for urban population and agriculture GDP, respectively. The committee has …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister-appointed Kirit Parikh committee on Wednesday recommended complete decontrol of the petrol and diesel prices and favoured a hike of Rs. 100 a domestic LPG cylinder and an increase of Rs. 6 a litre for kerosene. At the current global crude oil prices, deregulating …
Nepal has a high incidence of tuberculosis. Nepal is also among the South Asian countries where a lot of biomass is burnt for fuel. The two facts provided a group with reasons to link indoor air pollution from fuels with tuberculosis—something that six studies have so far have tried to …
The latest issues of both the World Energy Outlook (WEO) and the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) brought to the fore the importance and urgency of a low carbon revolution in order to align climate and development imperative and digress from the alarming fossil-fuel dependent path. Although both the …
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may deliberate on freeing auto fuel prices when he reviews the financial health of state-run oil firms with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and oil minister Murli Deora on January 13. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and former Planning Commission member Kirit S …
Kirit Parikh-led committee to suggest measures to reduce kerosene & cooking gas subsidies, and also ascertain whether they reach the poor Subhash Narayan & Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI ACOMMITTEE of experts set up by the petroleum ministry may suggest several measures to cut the fuel subsidy, including freeing of pump …
A survey has been carried out in a cluster of four villages in Amaniganj Block of Faizabad District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India. The survey is based on primary and secondary data collected from household and village level questionnaires. The present energy consumption in cooking, lighting, other domestic activities, …
The hike in petrol and diesel prices reverses the price cut announced in January this year. While this was widely anticipated, critics are making every effort to embarrass the government. From an economic point of view, the hike will do several things. One, it will reduce the amount of off-balance …
The Energy Research Institute (TERI) said it was disappointed with the Union Budget 2009-10, considering the fact that Central government has the mandate to carry out reforms in the energy and environment sectors.
New Delhi: Nearly 6.5 million BPL families who depend on kerosene for their cooking and lighting needs, as well as farmers who use it to run pumpsets and spray pesticides, could soon be exposed to cancer causing fumes from markers that will be laced with the poor man
China said on Monday it will boost state reserves of refined fuels, its first official plan to expand beyond its crude reserves, and help cut high inventories held by oil companies. The world's second-largest oil user would accelerate the formulation of policies for such reserves, according to a post on …
Amitav Ranjan New Delhi: Even before the new government takes shape, the petroleum ministry is ready with a proposal to decontrol pricing of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG. The
May 13: Unknown persons pumped kerosene into a drinking water pipeline at Venkatadri Colony in Kurnool town on Wednesday, causing panic. It was at 11 am that the municipal authorities supplied water to Venkatadri Colony residents. But those who consumed the water found that it smelt and tasted like kerosene. …
An important and realistic front page report was published in a local English daily on the subject. It deserves national attention and urgent action by the government if it is really serious in providing more power within the next two years (by December 2012). For this, the government should encourage …
Barun Roy / New Delhi April 23, 2009, 0:06 IST After a successful pilot, Indonesia plans to give a free LPG stove and a cylinder to wean users off subsidised kerosene. One of the first things Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, or SBY as he is popularly called, promised to do on …
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas is concerned with exploration and production of oil and natural gas (including import of Liquefied Natural Gas), refining, distribution & marketing, import, export and conservation of petroleum products. Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas (2008-09) having been authorised by the Committee to …
