Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The cut of . 2.22/L in petrol prices is bigger than the . 1.82/L hike less than 2 weeks ago Petrol prices have fallen . 2.22 a litre in Delhi as state oil firms cut rates for the first time in 33 months citing favourable trends in the international market, …
Industries to chip in with 40 lakh plants and saplings To check pollution in the city, which has been listed as one of the most polluted places in India, an ambitious plan, “Green Visakha,” is being launched. Local industries will plant 40 lakh plants and saplings over five years in …
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 …
With yet another petrol price hike looming large, the Petroleum Ministry said on Wednesday that it was up to the oil marketing companies (OMCs) to decide on the issue since the fuel has been deregulated. On the other hand, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S. Jaipal Reddy has sought a …
“Allowing oil firms to control market will hurt economy” De-regulation by which the three public sector oil companies are empowered to set the price of petrol and other petroleum products has been challenged in a public interest litigation petition in the Supreme Court. The All India Youth Federation (AIYF), represented …
A massive campaign will be taken up during the next five years, with the assistance of the local public sector units as well as the private sector, to grow 40 lakh trees in and around Visakhapatnam to combat the ill-effects of industrial pollution and haphazard urbanisation, according to Dr T. …
State-run oil marketing companies fear that they will not be able to meet the country’s fuel demand after two and a half months unless the government raises fuel prices or immediately transfers cash to compensate them for losses. State-run firms are free to raise petrol prices, which they have increased …
New Delhi: The oil mafia has struck at the IOC depot at Shakurbasti causing heavy losses to the Northern Railways. The gang siphoned off thousands of litres of kerosene and diesel from tanks at the Indian Oil depot and replenished it with water. This adulterated fuel was used by Northern …
In an attempt to curtail the ballooning subsidy bill, an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet on September 16 to take a decision on curtailing the supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to domestic households to between 4 and 6 per year. The government …
New Delhi Prices of the fuel have gone up 33% since being decontrolled last year Easing global crude oil price — $103 a barrel on Monday, down from an average $113 a barrel in the first quarter — has nearly covered the losses that retailers IOC, HPCL and BPCL make …
Restricting the supply of subsidised cooking fuel may no longer be a politically difficult task, with a Parliamentary panel asking the government to do away with the sale of subsidised domestic LPG to people with more than Rs 6 lakh annual income. If the recommendation goes through, those with income …
Iran has threatened to block supplies of oil to India because of $5bn in unpaid fees that are blocked due to international sanctions against Iran. Indian refiners have started looking for oil sources in different markets as Iran says it will block supplies for the month of August, people familiar …
After a steep hike of Rs 50 on the prices of each cooking gas cylinder last month, another increase of Rs 4 has been done earlier this month owing to an increase in a dealer
The government is planning to cap sale of subsidised cooking gas (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinders to each household in a phased manner, while putting in a mechanism for direct transfer of subsidy to the intended beneficiaries. Consumers will have to buy cylinders above the specified quota at the market price. …
New Delhi Despite a wider excise duty difference between petrol and diesel, the group of ministers on fuel pricing led by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has ruled out imposing any additional excise duty on diesel cars, which was proposed last year in a report by former Planning Commission member Kirit …
In a bid to bring some respite to the bleeding oil marketing companies (OMCs), the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet today to review the diesel and domestic LPG prices. The meet could lead to a diesel price hike which was last revised …
Ahmedabad:Around one lakh litres of diesel spilled off Mundra coast in Kutch district of Gujarat from the oil jetty of a private port on Tuesday, when a consignment of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) was being off-loaded from a ship.
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and Gujarat State Petronet (GSPL) on a petition filed by public sector gas utility GAIL against the former
Petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy has sought an immediate rise in the prices of diesel, kerosene and domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The empowered group of ministers on fuel pricing was likely to meet soon, he said today. The finance minister Pranab Mukherjee-headed group was first supposed to meet on …
