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. …
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 …
Sujay Mehdudia New CNG outlets to free commuters from worry of refilling At least one CNG station proposed within 100-150 km on both highways Plans to widen availability of compressed natural gas and piped natural gas NEW DELHI: In a move to provide national highways and major transport corridors with …
Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI INDIA will switch over to Euro-III petrol and diesel on October 1, with the petroleum ministry issuing a fresh deadline for oil companies to sell cleaner fuels. Consumers across the country will pay about Rs 0.20-0.40 a litre more for Euro-III fuel. The petroleum ministry was …
NEW DELHI: With the Government all set to switch over to the Euro-IV fuel standards from April 1, petrol and diesel that is to be sold in 13 big cities is likely to face another round of price hike. Talking to newspersons during the 6 {+t} {+h} Asia Gas Partnership …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Dispelling speculation about lack of preparedness on the part of the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry to adhere to the deadline on the introduction of new fuel norm, Petroleum Secretary S. Sundereshan on Friday asserted that oil marketing companies (OMCs) were all geared to roll …
Ajay Modi & Jyoti Mukul / New Delhi March 20, 2010, 0:27 IST The government may link petrol and diesel prices to market prices in 2010-11 and introduce a graded system of subsidy-sharing, with the petroleum ministry taking the view that the Kirit Parikh committee report be made the basis …
A bonanza in the shape of expanded piped natural gas (PNG) for households and compressed natural gas (CNG) infrastructure for transportation and clean environment awaits lakhs of consumers with the government contemplating empowering the Petroleum and Natural gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) to issue retail expansion licences to both private and …
Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora today introduced the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Amendment Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha. The Bill proposes to amend Sections 15 and 16 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) …
JAIPUR: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen LPG Vitarak Yojana as a national scheme for providing liquefied petroleum gas to the rural households at Lachhmangarh in Sikar district of Rajasthan on Sunday. Six dealers were selected for rural locations in the State through …
Facing opposition from key allies in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Petroleum Minister Murli Deora today discussed an
New Delhi: Chances of an immediate increase in fuel prices receded with oil minister Murli Deora and FM Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday failing to work out a way to skirt opposition from within the UPA and agree on a solution to prevent state-run oilmarketing companies from going bankrupt if pump …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Union government has put in motion the process of effecting a possible fuel price hike, with the Cabinet scheduled to discuss the issue on Thursday. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora held consultations with the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) even as …
New Delhi: The oil ministry will make a strong pitch to unshackle petrol prices from government control and introduce a differential pricing mechanism, along with a small price increase of Re 1 a litre for diesel, when the Cabinet meets on Thursday. In case it goes through, the proposal for …
Reeling under the double whammy of high inflation and rising subsidy burden, the Centre may settle for a bare minimum hike in auto and cooking fuel prices AN INCREASE in the prices of petrol and diesel appears imminent as top Congress leaders prepare on Wednesday to ponder the Kirit Parikh …
A day after the Kirit Parikh committee recommended freeing of auto fuel prices and increase in kerosene and LPG prices, the Union petroleum ministry called a meeting of the public sector upstream and downstream oil companies to discuss the road ahead. Though oil companies have welcomed the report, they are …
A clear picture on the modalities of implementing a new vehicle emission norms in the country is expected by the middle of this month when the government is likely to come out with a final plan. "As of now, we don't have a final word (from the government) yet we …
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora today said the government was trying its best not to increase the prices of petroleum products. Deora will meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow to seek higher subsidy for oil marketing companies (OMCs). He also said any decision on petroleum pricing would be taken up only …
