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. …
With India becoming the world's third largest oil consumer and its energy consumption projected to grow 128 per cent by 2035, the annual Petrotech international conference in December will play a key role in preparing a roadmap to satisfying the country's future energy needs, the government said on Thursday. "The …
The MoU for the 2,700 Mw plant was signed with the state during the Global Investors Summit The Union petroleum ministry signed an agreement on Sunday with the Madhya Pradesh government, at the global investor summit here, to set up a 2,700 Mw solar energy unit, for an investment of …
India plans to more than double its liquefied natural gas (LNG) annual import capacity to 50 million tonnes in the next few years, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. "We currently have LNG import and regassification capacity of 21 million tonnes. We plan to raise this to 50 million …
India on Thursday expressed its commitment to develop a regional energy hubwork at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka and offered to work with the Sri Lankan government in developing gas infrastructure in the island nation, an official statement here said. The offer was made by Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to …
In a bid to move towards gas-based economy, India will increase proportion of natural gas in its energy mix from existing 6.5 per cent to 15 per cent, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on September 6. “At present the (proportion of) gas is 6.5 per cent in our (India’s) …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dileep B. Nevatia Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 30/08/2016 regarding violation of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 and Environment (Protection) Act 1986, being caused due to the poor quality …
For this, the company has partnered with the US-based Bloom Energy, which provides solid oxide fuel cell technology that generates onsite power from multiple sources Gail India Ltd will partner with the US-based Bloom Energy to deploy natural gas-based fuel cell technology to generate clean and reliable electricity. An MoU …
The government is set to start consultations for an ambitious plan to merge 13 state oil firms to create a giant corporation whose revenue dwarfs global energy major Chevron which competes with US conglomerate General Electric in the Fortune-500 ranking. The Cabinet Secretariat has referred the idea of the integrated …
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan met his American counterpart, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss issues in petroleum and energy sector. The United States and India have agreed to take several key steps in petroleum and energy sector, aimed towards achieving the ambitious goal …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said his department will be proactive in providing clearances to gas exploration and production (E&P;) projects. “For production, finding or drilling of gas, whatever permission is required, today I would (give). I give you this blank cheque…if you abide by environment rules, you will get …
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday renewed his call to the Delhi government to make the gas-fired Bawana power plant fully operational so as to provide clean power to the capital, saying he had not received any satisfactory reply to his letter in this regard. "The 350 MW Badarpur …
CHENNAI: The Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the State government to submit a report on its stand on the shale gas exploration allegedly done by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in the Cauvery delta region. The Bench comprising Justice P Jyothimani and …
Delhi must convert into a natural gas-based economy as part of a long-term air quality management, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said while inaugurating a TOI conference on 'Smart Energy, Smart India' here on Tuesday. "The symbolism (of various moves to control air quality) in Delhi has to stop. It's entire …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 09/05/2016 regarding degradation of environment and receding of the glaciers at Rohtang Pass. Tribunal directs the State of Himachal Pradesh to commence CNG Bus Stations in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Cherub Singla Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/04/2016 regarding fuel adulteration resulting in increased level of air pollution. The Respondents are MoEF, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gases and CPCB. CPCB has yet to resond and has requested …
Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Eleventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventh Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on the subject 'Ethanol Blended Petrol and Bio-Diesel Policy' of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas‟. The Seventh …
In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, India will go straight from Euro-IV complaint petrol and diesel to Euro-VI fuel by 2020, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. “We are not going for Bharat Stage V (or Euro—V) petrol and diesel as there is not much difference between BS—V …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday sought a report on emissions from diesel locomotives and a comparative chart with regard to international standards. The tribunal, which was hearing a petition filed by Dwarka resident S.K. Goyal about harmful emissions from diesel locomotives, has directed the Ministry of Railways to …
While the earlier plan was to implement BS-V by 2020 and BS-VI by 2024, the Petroleum Ministry sought to skip BS-V and directly implement BS-VI standards by 2020 Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday confirmed that his Ministry still aimed to implement introduction of the cleaner Bharat …
India will implement the Bharat Stage-V, or BS-V, emission norms for vehicles across the country from 2019, the government said in a statement. This ends the debate around the oil ministry's push to directly progress from the current BS-IV to BS-VI norms to speed up the green initiative. "It has …
