In 2022-23, India’s LPG consumption was 28.5 million tons (MT) and production was 12.8 MT. At over 41.1 percent, LPG imports accounted for the largest share of petroleum product imports in 2022-23. Domestic LPG consumption accounted for over 89 percent of total consumption. The adoption of LPG by low-income households …
One of the priorities that have emerged in recent years is the need to strengthen India’s social safety net and improve the delivery mechanisms of poverty alleviation programs. This is to ensure that vulnerable groups can withstand unforeseen shocks to income and continue to access basic goods and services at …
Group of ministers to meet on June 9, quantum of increase the only issue, says senior official With Assembly elections over and the latest increase in petrol prices almost two weeks old, the government is set to make diesel, kerosene and domestic LPG more expensive. The Ministry of Petroleum and …
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has claimed that the proposed 165-km pipeline for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Uran, near Mumbai, to Shikrapur via Chakan in Pune district will not pose any safety hazard for villages along its route. This was revealed to DNA by the senior regional manager HPCL, …
The Government of India has announced that subsidies on fertilisers, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas will be replaced by cash transfers to end users. A close examination of the objectives of the subsidies in fertiliser and kerosene and the implications of the shift raises some challenging questions. While there is …
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Empowered Group of Ministers headed by him would decide on the price hike of diesel, LPG and kerosene when it meets next week.
Pact will ensure smooth supply of gas to power units in Andhra Pradesh Seeking to end the power woes of Andhra Pradesh and ensuring smooth supply to power plants in the State, GAIL (India) on Thursday entered into a deal with Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) for swapping natural gas with …
A recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board has exonerated vehicles of being the worst polluters in Delhi and Mumbai. Instead, it has pinned down liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the biggest source of fine pollutants. Experts have contested the study, saying the findings are unsubstantiated and scientifically untenable. …
Delhi will soon get rid of problems related to scarcity and adulteration in kerosene oil being used by lakhs of poor families for cooking every day as new scheme is coming up replacing kerosene stoves. The Delhi government, along with the union government, has been giving final touches to a …
The Central Government has undertaken a study, i.e., ‘Air Quality Monitoring, Emission Inventory and Source Apportionment Study for (six) Indian Cities’, namely, Delhi, Kanpur, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru with the help of premier institutions like, IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Madras, NEERI-Nagpur, TERI-New Delhi and ARAI-Pune for identifying the various mobile and …
This is a critical analysis by CSE of the new six-city study on air pollution sources released by Central Pollution Control Board. Says that auto industry is misusing the study to derail tighter emissions standards and encourage polluting diesel cars. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pressed the alarm …
A government laboratory has produced unsubstantiated data blaming liquid petroleum gas (LPG) as a major source of air pollution, shifting the focus away from vehicular pollution, an environmental watchdog has said. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has said the misleading data provides scope to sections of the oil …
This report reviews new vehicle fuels and technologies that are likely to be commercially available within the next 10 years in the United States and other industrialized countries at a level that could result in significant population exposure. It highlights expected changes in emissions and other effects from the use …
It's time the petroleum ministry faced the challenges of oil pricing reforms, instead of hiding behind the oil firms A K Bhattacharya / New Delhi January 18, 2011, 0:14 IST A quick estimate suggests that international crude oil prices for Indian refineries (or what oil industry experts refer to as …
THE Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has fumbled in answering a critical question on carbonyl and methane emissions from vehicle exhausts: which pollutes less—petrol, diesel, CNG or LPG? The pollution watchdog’s study on emissions provides a database that could be used to give a policy message. It declared CNG to …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has fumbled in answering a critical question on carbonyl and methane emissions from vehicle exhausts: which pollutes less
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI In a surprise move the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and ICAT has come up with a study that claims diesel is less polluting than CNG. The study, titled
Indicus Analytics / New Delhi January 6, 2011, 0:05 IST The benefits of subsidised LPG fail to trickle down to low-income households in India Just about 40 per cent of the population in developing countries has access to modern cooking fuels
PM Expresses Concern Over Effect On People New Delhi: Consumers may be in a soup over sky-rocketing prices of onion and tomoto, but they can expect some relief on at least one front. The government has hit the pause button on raising diesel and cooking gas prices for fear of …
Come 2012, Bangaloreans may just say goodbye to the hassles of procuring LPG gas cylinders by getting piped gas in their homes. Bangalore will be among the few cities in the country including Delhi and Mumbai to get piped gas supply to domestic consumers once the Cochin-Mangalore-Bangalore trunk gas pipeline …
Swaraj Thapa An ambitious proposal by the petroleum ministry to distribute free LPG connections to BPL cardholders in the country was scuttled at a meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday after senior ministers voiced concern over the larger issue of whether the government should add to the subsidy pool rather …
