The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas deals with the action taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Twenty-Fifth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas (2008-2009) on "Marketing, Supply, Distribution, Dealerships and Pricing of Kerosene and …
Three and a half years after the government set up a regulator for the downstream petroleum and natural gas sector, it still insists on fixing product prices, violating the statute, says Mukesh Kacker MUCH has already been written about how competition and regulation of competition, or more correctly, regulation of …
THE department of chemicals and petrochemicals (DoCP) seems to have put a damper on the attempts of an empowered group of ministers to expeditiously clinch the price of ethanol supplied to oil marketing companies (OMCs) by sugar mills. The department has questioned the EGoM
Oil Minister Has Urged PM To Set Up A Ministerial Panel To Decide Issue Sanjay Dutta | TNN New Delhi: An increase in petrol and diesel prices is almost a certainty once dust settles on the Budget session of Parliament. The quantum of increase will depend on whether the government …
Richa Mishra A price of Rs 36 a litre for biodiesel from jatropha has been suggested by the industry to ensure sustainable growth of the domestic biodiesel sector. This price would be lower than the current diesel retail price as biodiesel enjoys a tax exemption. The basis of the biodiesel …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi April 13, 2010, 0:42 IST The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) will resume hearing the case on petroleum product pricing between private oil companies and government oil marketing companies (OMCs). Private companies, including Reliance Industries, Essar Oil and Shell India had filed a …
Rajahmundry, April 6: Adulteration of fuels, especially petrol and diesel, is rampant at several petrol stations, especially along NH-5 and in rural areas, as vehicle owners complain of their engines getting damaged due to usage of such fuels in East Godavari. Fuel dealers at petrol stations adopt various tactics to …
An analysis of the Union Budget 2010-11 must take account of the fact that while expenditure on infrastructure is geared primarily towards meeting the long-term development needs of the business community, social welfare expenditure merely serves the purpose of immediate political gains of the parties in power.
There is ample evidence of underproduction of renewable energy across the world, in spite of there being the necessary resources to produce RE, including technology and finance. It seems politicians and law-makers have yet to be persuaded about the importance of renewable energy to solve the problem of energy security …
LUCKNOW: Petrol and diesel will get dearer for people in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra from April 1, 2010. While petrol will cost 50 to 53 paise more per litre, diesel will be costlier by 27 to 30 paise more. The increase in price comes on the directives of the Union …
Cancun (Mexico): India and China will account for most of the growth in demand for oil this year, which is expected to rise by 900,000 barrels per day, even as oil exporters
New Delhi: You will have to pay up to 50 paise more for cleaner motor fuels in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and nine other major cities that plan switch to Euro-IV grade. Petrol in Delhi will be costlier by 50 paise per litre at Rs 47.93 per litre and diesel …
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: From Thursday, petrol and diesel prices will go up in 13 cities, including the four metros, where stricter Bharat Stage-IV emissions norms are being implemented, requiring the sale of upgraded and less polluting fuel. The retail price of petrol will go up by around 50 paise …
Mumbai: The city is set to shed a good measure of its air pollution after the Euro-IV compliance, known as Bharat Stage-IV in India, comes into effect in the city from Thursday. The new standard, a more stringent fuel refining process, will reduce carbon emissions of vehicles, which will help …
The prices of petrol and diesel will increase by Rs 0.50 and Rs 0.26 a litre, respectively, from April 1 in 13 big cities that switch to cleaner Euro-IV grade fuel. Thirteen big cities
New Delhi: Cooking gas prices will go up by Rs 27.50 per cylinder, instead of the Rs 40 hike proposed in the Delhi budget. Bowing to popular sentiment, the city government went into rollback mode on Monday, waiving the 5% value added tax on LPG. Also exempted from VAT were …
The Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) has commissioned case studies on fossil-fuel subsidy reform in Brazil, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Poland and Senegal. This report is prepared under IISD: Bali to Copenhagen project, author examines India's attempts to reform its long-standing subsidy on residential kerosene. The report explains the roots of …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 26, 2010, 0:28 IST Petroleum ministry mulls scheme to open bank accounts for targeted recipients. Delhi may become the first state to move to direct cash pay-outs of subsidies on kerosene sold through the public distribution system (PDS). The petroleum ministry said it has
