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 …
Indore: With the concern of common people to save forests and trees increasing day by day, the green cover in the forest area in Indore and nearby districts have gone up. According to data from the forest department of Indore, more than 37 lakh trees have been planted in the …
This book proposes a simple framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four in-depth country studies covering more than 30 distinct episodes of reform. Five key lessons emerge. First, energy subsidies often follow a life cycle, beginning as a way to stabilize prices and …
A subset of Sustainable Development Goals pertains to improving people's living standards at home. These include the provision of access to electricity, clean cooking energy, improved water and sanitation. We examine historical progress in energy access in relation to other living standards. We assess regional patterns in the pace of …
Newly built Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Vessels, MT Africa Gas and MT Sahara Gas are set to deliver their first consignment of gas to the West African coast from March 2017. According to Sahara Gas, both vessels’ operations are expected to actualise the vision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation …
The Aadhaar-linked Direct Benefit Transfer scheme for reducing leakages in Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) subsidies has been widely advertised as a phenomenal success and has been used to promote Aadhaar and DBT in other spheres by prominent government officials. However, an analyses of various studies and data shows that the …
Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital in the matter of Tara Singh Rajput Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 07/11/2016 regarding the issue of felling of trees indiscriminately as well as the unauthorized constructions, in the close vicinity of Bhimtal Lake area, Nainital district in the …
The Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas Statistics presents updated comprehensive statistics on various aspects of Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas sector. The data on international developments in respect of the key parameters of Petroleum and Natural Gas sector have also been captured in the publication. The Statistics presented in the …
Guwahati: The number of households in the state using clean fuel to meet their cooking needs has seen a mere three per cent rise in the last decade, a National Family Health Survey 4 (2015-16) revealed. According to the report which was released a few months ago, clean fuel for …
Gurgaon will become kerosene free from November 1 as around 30,000 kerosene users and BPL families will be provided LPG gas connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) The meeting in this regard was held yesterday by Deputy Commissioner T L Satyaprakash. He said making LPG connection available to …
Kamleshkunwar, a mother of three living in a village in central India, first used cooking gas to prepare a meal about a month ago. Her family struggled for years with the ash and smoke that comes from burning wood, until they received a free gas connection from the government as …
Under-five mortality is declining in Ghana and many other countries. Very few studies have measured under-five mortality—and its social and environmental risk factors—at fine spatial resolutions, which is relevant for policy purposes. Our aim was to estimate under-five mortality and its social and environmental risk factors at the district level …
BENGALURU: Ramanagara district in Karnataka would soon see the launch of a household biogas project wherein 7,620 household biogas units would be built, providing an equal number of biogas stoves to as many families in the district. An initiative of Infosys , 22 crore would be spent on the project …
Kerosene in India is primarily available as a subsidized commodity for household use, and was added to the basket of Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities during the 2nd Five Year Plan (FYP). Kerosene has been continued as a subsidised fuel to provide affordable cooking and illumination (lighting) to households for …
India has the largest concentration of population using biomass with inefficient stoves. About 840 million in India fully or partially rely on traditional biomass for cooking. In India, cooking is mainly carried out by women, and they play an important role in managing domestic energy needs. When modern fuels such …
State-owned fuel retailer BPCL has got green nod for its Rs 694-crore project of developing LPG import terminal as well as storage, bottling and bulk distribution facilities at Haldia Dock Complex in West Bengal. At present, domestic production of LPG is around 12.38 million metric tonne per annum (mmtpa), much …
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, to provide concessional LPG connections, is a step in the right direction but much more needs to be done by 2019 and beyond to ensure homes in India cook using modern fuels. This article explores the issues of providing connections, subsidy provisioning and ensuring sustained …
PUNE: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change has notified new environment standards for Gensets running on Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) / Natural Gas (NG), Diesel with LPG / NG and Petrol with LPG / NG operated in various cities / towns in the country. The primary aim of …
Luxury Sedans, SUVs Hit Speed-Breaker Harder With FM's New Cess Be prepared to shell out more for cars. Finance minister Arun Jaitley introduced an `infrastructure cess' in the Budget which will see a spike in car prices across categories--right from the entry-level Maruti `Alto' that gets dearer by Rs 3,000 …
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union Budget on Monday left the middle class and salaried people high and dry, hit by slow economic growth and the rising cost of living. There was no increase in the income-tax exemption limits, nor was there any hike in tax-saving instruments. Only people earning …
Among his three Budget speeches so far in this government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the first time included social sector focus as one of the nine pillars of his proposals. Apart from health and education, which make up bulk of the social sector allocation of Rs 1,51,581 crore this …
