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 …
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 …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi November 23, 2009, 0:57 IST But, sugar firms want Rs 28 a litre. Following the recent decision of the Union Cabinet to continue with the mandatory 5 per cent ethanol blending with petrol, oil marketing companies (OMCs) have agreed to increase the price of ethanol …
New Delhi: India will be signing an MoU with US on climate change when PM Manmohan Singh visits US on November 24. But, the discussions between the two countries continue as US continues to convince India to agree to several issues that stand contrary to its international climate policy. In …
This report, by the UNDP Regional Centre for Asia and Pacific, looks into the lessons learned from the past economic crises, the impact of the current crisis and policy responses in 14 countries in Asia Pacific. The analysis takes into consideration the rising threat of climate change and the recent …
Amidst call for an uniform pricing of natural gas prevalent in the country, GAIL India has begun hiring consultants for conducting a study on the topic. The fertiliser sector, which will move to a new nutrient-based subsidy system, has asked for uniform pricing of natural gas. Under the new system, …
Driven by surge in imports of coking coal by China, growth in Japanese steel output and signs of recovery in the Indian economy, spot prices of the raw material are expected to firm up in the international market. Global prices of coking coal, which are currently hovering around $160-170 a …
A Planning Commission study has said prices of natural gas sold by the public sector companies Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) should be aligned to the price of $4.2 per million British thermal units (mBtu) decided by the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) for …
Large-scale adoption of electric cars will not take place in the domestic market for at least 10 years, according to a global manufacturing industry group report released today by global consulting firm Deloitte. The reason: Large gas reserves found in locations like the Krishna-Godavari basin make CNG (compressed natural gas)
AJAY MODI State sector oil marketing companies (OMCs), with an old problem of heavy losses due to capped retail prices of petrol, diesel, etc, will lose more if these prices are not raised when India moves to Euro-IV norms in 13 cities-and Euro III norms in the rest of country …
The Union petroleum ministry has proposed a 44 per cent increase in prices of natural gas sold under the administered price mechanism (APM) by state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd. This would take the price to $2.6 per million British thermal unit (mBtu). The ministry …
Aug. 27: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB;) has decided to hike the price of the water supplied through tankers. The Water Board has constituted a committee to examine the rise in expenditure involved in water supply due to the rise in diesel prices and suggest the …
NEW DELHI: Faced with massive investment target in various projects and the need to adjust prices, Minister of State for Coal Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said that he would approach the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, seeking his nod for a marginal hike in coal prices to protect the interests of …
Murli DeoraThe dispute between Mukesh and Anil Ambani over the supply and price of natural gas from the D6 field in the Krishna Godavari (K-G) basin forced the Lok Sabha to adjourn at least once with Petroleum Minister Murli Deora asserting that the government did not have anything do with …
To Relocate 1.12L Families Facing Threat From Underground Fires In one of the biggest rehabilitation plans in the world, the Centre will launch a scheme to relocate to safer areas some 1.12 lakh families whose houses face the threat of being sucked in by underground fires raging for the last …
Hill station burns biogas that can meet the needs of 300 families matheran, a hill station 100 km from Mumbai, still relies on horses for transport and is off limits for motor vehicles. In March 2007, the town lived up to its green image by installing a garbage disposal plant …
There has been a consistent lack of transparency and several governance lapses in the natural gas sector which have led to various kinds of concerns in important areas such as investment levels in blocks, availability of information regarding gas finds, content and process of arriving at pricing and utilisation policy, …
