Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025. The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the …
India’s biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has increased margins for its dealers to drive sales of petrol cars. The 8-10% rise in commission comes at a time when the company’s share in the domestic market has dipped below 40% for the first time. While Maruti will pay . 1,000 more to …
Middle-Class Puts Off Buys On Rising Home EMIs & Fuel Prices. The entry-level segment of the Indian passenger car market shrunk in 2011, perhaps for the first time in many years, and saw its market share dip below 50%. Eyed by many carmakers like Tata, Renault, Nissan, Bajaj and General …
Poverty in Nigeria is rising with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day, despite strong growth in Africa's second largest economy, data showed on Monday. The percentage of Nigerians living in absolute poverty - those who can afford only the bare essentials of food, shelter and …
Doing so has major implications for public health but moving to a market-linked fuel pricing policy makes more sense. Anumita Roychowdhuryanumita Roychowdhury Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment* “The additional taxes on diesel cars can generate resources to produce clean diesel for all segments to meet …
This study presents emissions of different pollutants from transport sector in Delhi. Results show that emissions of pollutants have increased during 2001-2009 as follows: CO2, 4395-6423; CH4, 1.03-3.32; N2O, 0.04-0.05; CO, 238-329; NOx, 44-64; and NMVOC, 44-60 Gg. However, CO2 emissions per unit of vehicle types for gasoline driven vehicles …
The city-based Sustainable Technologies & Environmental Projects (STEPS) plans to set up a plant to convert plastic waste into light diesel, calorific value combustible gas and carbon pellets. The company has also succeeded in generating diesel from algae, for which it won the Lockheed Martin Innovations Award three times. “We …
A Planning Commission expert committee may soon recommend a revised price for ethanol, currently pegged at an ad hoc price of Rs 27 a litre. Official sources said the commission will forward this to all ministries. It will then be finalised by a group of ministers (GoM). The revised price …
Diesel cars could soon become costlier. The finance ministry is considering imposition of additional taxes of 10-15 per cent on diesel cars in the forthcoming Budget, official sources said. This extra tax could be imposed on diesel SUVs and MUVs. Despite the overall slowdown, the demand for diesel cars is …
Renewable energy sources should be fully tapped not only meet growing energy needs but also to protect environment and scale down use of petrol and diesel, said Central Electro Chemical and Research Institute Acting Director Vijaya Mohan K. Pillai. He was inaugurating a national conference on renewable energy utilisation - …
New Delhi: Politics has again prevailed over business, and the government appears to be losing its nerve for fuel price hike after last week’s Parliament debacle over Lokpal. The oil ministry on Monday did not allow state-run fuel retailers to raise petrol price. The retailers, who review prices on the …
Plan To Transfer 500MW From Amritsar, Surplus Diesel From Bathinda Refinery New Delhi:India and Pakistan are strengthening business links in 2012, with the stage set to start trading in electricity and petroleum products. Officials from the two countries have decided to trade in electricity through a specially-built high voltage direct …
NEW DELHI: State-run oil firms plan to raise petrol prices by about Rs 2.25 a litre from Sunday unless the government asks them to defer the move in view of assembly elections, company executives said. Oil companies revise petrol prices every two weeks but in the middle of this month, …
New Delhi: State-run fuel retailers could raise petrol price by around a rupee per litre on the New Year day, provided they succeed in securing a cue from the government that is staring at assembly polls in five states, beginning January-end. “International price of gasoline are more or less at …
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is aggressively pushing for deregulation of gas prices to encourage private investment and lure oil companies to invest in exploration and ramp up production from existing fields, a senior regulatory official said. The government has fixed the price of natural gas at …
Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this ninth report on "Challenges of Under-recoveries of Petroleum Products". The term "under-recovery" has been used by the Government for "losses" experienced by the public sector oil marketing companies due to incomplete cost recovery on selling of petroleum product in the market. …
New Delhi The attraction of a diesel-fired car could come down soon as the government is considering a plan to cut duty on petrol and at the same time impose an additional tax on diesel-powered cars. The petroleum ministry has finalised the proposal that will now be sent to the …
Petrol costs more in India than the United States of America (USA) because of higher taxes, but diesel is priced lower than the US, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas R P N Singh said today. Petrol in Delhi costs Rs 65.64 per litre, as against the retail …
To increase awareness on fuel efficiency and provide better service to customers, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) launched the ‘Fuel 2 Faayda’ campaign in Pune and Satara districts. BPCL general manager, KH Subramanian, kick-started the drive at the company’s petrol pump on Sinhagad Road on Monday. The company’s territory manager …
New Delhi Consumers could brace for a price increase in petrol by the end of this week as fuel retailers IOC, HPCL and BPCL have started incurring a loss of close to 90 paise a litre on petrol on account of higher gasoline prices in world markets and a depreciation …
Buying and running cars and two-wheelers could soon become a costly affair with a Planning Commission working group suggesting a green surcharge of Rs 2 on every litre of petrol, a green cess of 3% of the annual insured value of all private vehicles and a steep urban transport tax …
