Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
Tech Will Raise Fuel Efficiency, Lower Pollution By Engines London: Car engines could soon be fired by environment-friendly and energy-efficient lasers, replacing the 150-year-old spark plugs, researchers have claimed. Researchers said they have designed lasers that could ignite the fuel/air mixture in combustion engines. The approach would increase efficiency of …
The Ministry of Labour and Transport Management (DoLTM) is drafting a new transport policy aimed at controlling auto imports and taking old vehicles off the roads. The policy targets limiting the import of two-wheelers in particular following the massive increment in their import during the last few years. Officials at …
After a consultation process spanning over two years ended in a deadlock with car manufacturers, the government has finally decided to frame auto fuel efficiency norms within this month and put them out for public objections and comments in May. Over the last one year, the government and the car …
Petrol, diesel exports to fuel-starved neighbour will open up new markets for RIL, Essar refineries The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan, which started with cricket diplomacy at Mohali last month, could soon see India exporting petroleum products to its neighbour. India, which has surplus refining capacity, has agreed …
Ever heard of bottled cooking gas, green diesel or bio-CNG? And that too produced from waste generated in the city? It might sound shocking, but the next generation of clean fuel technologies can potentially lead to zero-waste clean habitats by converting waste into fuel. Growdiesel, in collaboration with the Maharashtra …
A pioneering program by one of the world's largest cities to switch its vehicle fleet to clean fuel has not significantly improved harmful vehicle emissions in more than 5,000 vehicles
Tokyo: A spider that likes the smell of gasoline so much it chooses to build its webs in car emission systems was behind the recall of thousands of Mazda cars in the United States this week. Mazda Motor Corp said it was recalling 52,000 cars after the National Highway Safety …
Car owners will have more knowledge on the eco-friendly status of their vehicles, as the government is all set to launch a star labelling system to stipulate strict fuel efficiency norms.
The government plans to provide kerosene, cooking gas and fertiliser subsidy to the poor by direct cash transfers on a pilot basis before the end of the current calendar year, 2011. For the current year, according to Budget documents, petroleum and fertiliser subsidies add up to Rs 53,000 crore. The …
EUROPE has set fuel-efficiency targets for vans to curb greenhouse gases emissions. Environment ministers who met at Brussels in December endorsed a deal to achieve emission of 175 grammes of CO2 per kilometre by 2017 and 147 g/km by 2020 from vans. The 2017 target represents a 14 per cent …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh may not like this, but the growing gap between the pricing of petrol and diesel is likely to give a boost to dieselpowered vehicles as more and more people prefer to cash in on the lower price of the fuel that also fetches more …
The Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) in partnership with the International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a report authored by George Eads titled "50by50 Prospects and Progress." The report discusses fuel efficiency trends and feasibility of new technologies, and concludes that emissions can be halved in new automobiles by 2030 …
The Regulatory Engine: How Smart Policy Drives Vehicle Innovation is a concise summary of the technologies in play and the state of fuel and vehicle efficiency standards in the key automotive markets worldwide. It is the most recent installment in the ClimateWorks Network Knowledge Series, which spotlights the latest thinking …
Price hike to improve financial health of state-run oil marketing firms, but heat up inflation OIL companies plan to raise petrol and diesel prices by 2 a litre after a week as crude touched a two-year high of $90 a barrel on Tuesday, a move that will boost the finances …
A city-based entrepreneur has developed a gas stove which he says is several times more fuel efficient than conventional gas stoves. The prototype that K T Ajayakumar of Aaramkallu, Vazhayila, has developed resembles a large barrel which has three burners inside it which are fed with the LPG by a …
Training his guns again on sports utility vehicles (SUVs), Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asked the users of these fuel-guzzling cars to pay full market price of diesel which is subsidised for the benefit of farmers. Ramesh, however, made it clear that his
ENVIRONMENT Minister Jairam Ramesh renewed his attack on the use of diesel of luxury cars and shrugged off protests by some manufacturers of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV), saying the government controls the price of the fuel only to help farmers, not the rich. The government earns tax revenue from diesel …
