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 companies and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) are collaborating to make Pune India’s first carbon-free city by 2040, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has said. Here to launch the pilot of a slew of new initiatives for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and piped natural …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, served notices to the ministries of petroleum and environment and forests, seeking to know why petrol pumps should not adopt a "No PUC certificate, No fuel" policy in West Bengal. The bench is hearing a petition by environment activist Subhas …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs. State of West Bengal and Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding air pollution due to automobiles, West Bengal. Counsel Mr. Pranab Kumar Chatterjee appearing for the West Bengal Petroleum Dealers’ Association submits that affidavit has …
The Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Seventh Report on "Ethanol Blended Petrol & Bio Diesel Policy". During 2001, pilot projects on Ethanol Blended Petrol started at 3 locations i.e. at Miraj, Manmad (Maharashtra) and Aonla/Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. The Government of India decided to launch Ethanol …
This draft guidelines for granting marketing rights for CNG, as transportation fuel, including setting up CNG stations published by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for public consultation.
The report covering the four years period from 2008-09 to 2011-12 contains the results of the performance audit on `hyderocarbon production sharing contracts' at the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Directorate General of Hydrocarbons with respect to Blocks KG-DWN-98/3, Panna-Mukta, Tapti and RJ-ON-90/1, In addition, the results of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/11/2014 regarding growing air pollution in Delhi. The Tribunal noted that despite orders of the highest court of the land there is hardly any improvement in the ambient air quality of …
This report prepared by the committee chaired by Dr. Vijay Kelkar includes a discussion of the economic foundations of Exploration and Production Contracts and an early action program drawn upon the analysis and inputs received from wide ranging consultations with stakeholders. Kelkar committee was set up by the Government of …
This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of the performance audit of pricing mechanism of major petroleum products in central public sector oil marketing companies. The audit covered the period from 2007-08 to 2011-12.
In a major revamp of natural gas allocation policy, the government will give city gas projects, selling CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households, top-most priority for receipt of domestically-produced gas. Presently, urea-manufacturing fertiliser plants have the first right over the domestically produced gas, followed by liquefied petroleum …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the Punjab Government’s right of land use for laying a pipeline to transport natural gas. The acquisition of right of user in land was part of the process to provide natural gas through the pipeline to the entire country. Challenging the acquisition, …
At least two months are left before a new government takes charge, so there is time for two monthly price rises of 50 paise a litre each The petroleum & natural gas ministry has decided to discontinue the practice of a monthly diesel price increase, indicating putting on hold its …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs. State of M.P. & Others. dated 31/03/2014 regarding pollution levels of the city of Indore. Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India has stated …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs. State of M.P. & Others dated 20/03/2014 regarding pollution levels in the city of Indore. The Tribunal has demanded an explaination from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural …
Ministry proposed a system of revenue sharing where the govt gets paid a part of the sales proceeds the moment production starts Vijay Kelkar, chairman of the expert panel on energy security, has stuck to his position that the existing regime for oil and gas contracts that governs oil and …
Govt notification on $8.4 a unit price likely by month-end The price of domestic natural gas is set to double to around $8.4 a unit from April 1, with the government coming out with a notification on this by the end of this month. This is in spite of political …
The Comptroller & Auditor General has said the oil ministry and its technical arm DGH approved notification of now flagging gas discoveries in RIL’s KG-D6 block despite the company not doing enough appraisal. RIL had found gas in the Dhirubhai-1 and 3 wells in October 2002 and were declared commercially …
Says Discoms May Dump Projects As Higher Rates Will Increase Tariff Up To 7.5/Unit New Delhi:The central power monitor has sounded alarm over the adverse impact of higher domestic gas price on power projects and pointed out gaps in the oil ministry’s gas pricing policy that could burn a bigger …
Eight of these blocks are part of the 61 captive coal acreages allocated to private companies post 2005 Acting on the recommendations of a high-level inter-ministerial panel, the coal ministry on Monday cancelled 10 coal blocks allocated to 18 companies including Adani Power, Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), Rungta Mines …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kishore Kodwani & Ors. V/s District Collector, Indore & Ors dated 18/02/2014 regarding providing BS-IV standard vehicles for public transport in the city of Indore and also making available CNG fuel in the city of Indore. The Counsel appearing for …
