Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Andhra Pradesh Government plans to further streamline the sand mining process in the State to ensure there is no pilferage. The Mines and Geology Department may consider a crackdown on those violating State regulations and taking to illegal mining of sand, particularly from areas where there are curbs barring …
State-run ONGC and the Oil Ministry's technical arm, the DGH, have given Cairn India the go-ahead for commencement of production from the Bhagyam oilfield, the second-largest find in the prolific Rajasthan block. Cairn, which was recently taken over by London-based mining group Vedanta, will begin oil production from Bhagyam at …
India's energy security has come under an alarming pressure from rising dependence on imported oil, regulatory uncertainty and opaque gas pricing policies, according to a FICCI-Ernst & Young report. Supply issue “Small pool of skilled manpower and poorly developed upstream infrastructure and dependence on fossil fuels are other factors impacting …
SAIL, ONGC, Adani Power, Delhi Metro among gainers. The Indian industry has reasons to cheer the outcome of the just-concluded Durban climate change talks, which announced the extension of the UN carbon market beyond 2012. Private sector firms as well as public sector units such as SAIL, ONGC and even …
The Home Ministry has given its approval to London-listed miner Vedanta Resources' buying majority stake in Cairn India for $8.7 billion. The Home Ministry, while giving the security no-objection certificate (NOC), highlighted eight areas of concern, including 64 legal proceedings against Vedanta and its subsidiaries in various courts, sources privy …
The West Bengal government, in partnership with Essar Oil and Indian Oil, may soon run India’s first buses on coal-bed methane, a natural gas extracted from coal beds and, like other gases, considered a better alternative to petrol or diesel. “We were approached by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notices to the state government, Centre and the Adani group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) and Kutch district collector over two PILs by villagers alleging encroachment on village land. A PIL filed by residents of Bitta and Luni villages in …
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp is likely to give its 'no-objection certificate' to Cairn Energy Plc's stake sale in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources by the year-end, its Chairman Sudhir Vasudeva said today. "Our Board had in principle given the NOC (no-objection certificate) in September," he told reporters …
AGARTALA: The electricity crisis in Northeastern India is set to ease when the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) first mega power project- the largest in the region- starts generating power by April next year. “State-owned ONGC’s 726-MW generating capacity first major power project in India will start producing electricity …
Days after India and China discussed the issue of oil exploration in the South China Sea, Beijing today warned that it did not want foreign companies and outside powers to engage in activities in the disputed waters, saying such acts undermine its sovereignty. Oil exploration activities by India's ONGC Videsh …
The government’s desperation to raise Rs 40,000 crore from disinvestment this year notwithstanding, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) follow-on issue is nowhere on the horizon. Though the petroleum ministry has conveyed its approval for a follow-on issue of Oil India Ltd (OIL), meeting the target without ONGC’s issue …
The government will not go for an immediate increase in the prices of regulated petroleum products like diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention has prompted authorities to seek ways to provide relief to the oil marketing companies (OMCs) — through a cash compensation of …
Reliance Industries and its partner BP have proposed that the infrastructure at the deep-sea D6 gas fields can be shared with neighbouring blocks of ONGC and GSPC to save development costs and raise government’s revenue from new output from the gasrich block. The oil ministry officials and experts in the …
Protests by fishermen against drilling by the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) in the Krishna-Godavari basin, off the coast of Kakinada, has put the Gujarat-based company in a spot. About 10,000 fishermen in 500-odd boats have been coming daily since Monday to the GSPC rig and demanding that they stop …
Oil and gas major ONGC and two other companies have taken preliminary interest in developing solar projects at Purulia district in West Bengal. The total capacity of such project(s) may range up to 900 MW. Solar power generated, is proposed to be sold to state utility-run 900-MW Purulia Pumped Storage …
Cairn India has been ranked the fastest growing oil and gas exploration firm in the world, even as heavyweights like ONGC and Reliance Industries slipped in a list of top-performing energy firms globally. With a three-year compounded growth rate (CGR) of 116.5%, Cairn was ranked by energy information provider Platts …
GAIL India says it has big plans for the fast-emerging shale gas sector. Its move in September to take a 20 per cent stake in Carrizo's Eagle Ford shale asset in America was part of a larger scheme to go deeper into the business. Chairman and managing director B C …
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49% stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "We are in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power plant. NPCIL …
State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "We’re in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power plant. …
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). “We are in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power …
