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 …
Cos Still Reel Under Subsidy Burden As Kerosene, Cooking Gas Not DecontrolledTHE petroleum ministry will support disinvestment in two stateowned oil majors ONGC and Indian Oil Corporation only after there is clarity on the subsidy sharing formula even as the ministry is examining a proposal by the disinvestment department.
Ahmedabad: Central indirect taxes on petroleum products will remain unchanged in near future, said Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas, Jitin Prasad while replying to a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani. Prasad, while answering questions related to high price of petroleum products due to …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 2, 2010, 0:32 IST Oil marketing companies (OMCs) will float tenders for ethanol procurement at Rs 27 per litre for a mandatory five per cent blending with petrol, once the Centre issues a notification in this regard. A group of ministers (GoM) on ethanol recently …
New Delhi: State-run firms will change pump price of petrol after a 30-day period, in line with global trend of crude and products, even as the oil ministry is informally pressing them for a token reduction of 20 paise or so around the Zero Date of July 25-26 when the …
Government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) today decided to review retail prices of petrol on a monthly basis. However, the date for the next price review and the mechanism to fix the price are yet to be finalised. The three OMCs also agreed to maintain a uniform price of the fuel …
DIESEL price decontrol may only be partial, unlike in the case of free pricing of petrol, as the government may continue to provide a fixed subsidy of Rs 1.49 per litre irrespective of the rise or fall in its market-linked retail price. The government freed up prices of petrol and …
Even as the government basks in the glory of finally starting the petroleum decontrol process, many concerns have been raised about the absence of a clear-cut mechanism to enforce this big-bang move. It’s not simply a matter that will be sorted out with a notification (which the government says it …
OIL SECTOR REFORM WITHOUT FREEING UP OF DIESEL & LPG IS A KILLER M C GOVARDHANA RANGAN CHEERING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF FREEING up of petrol prices and an intention to do so with diesel, is something like the excitement at the sight of `80% OFF
Shoumojit Banerjee Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said petroleum products in neighbouring countries were far cheaper and accused the Congress of
Agartala: Tripura is facing a serious crisis of petrol, diesel and LPG due to non-loading of tankers from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) outlets in Assam, state Civil Supplies Minister Manik Dey said on Sunday. Mr Dey said the situation got complicated following irresponsible attitude of the IOC as the permits …
OIL and gas minister Murli Deora on Friday dashed hopes of total freedom to oil and gas companies in fixing prices of petrol, saying that the government will intervene to protect consumers from high volatility.
David Leigh, Rob Evans and Mona Mahmood Lead dust harmed children's IQ. The chemical was outlawed in West 10 years ago. Tetra ethyl lead (TEL) is a killer chemical, nowadays banned in the west for use in car fuel. The colourless, oily liquid is so toxic that workers went mad …
Hoping to ease the crunch for parking space in the Capital and end the menace of private parking attendants, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has devised a new parking policy, which could usher in a four-fold hike in parking charges. The 140-page draft plan takes into account the city
The Rajasthan Government is unlikely to act on the suggestion of Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on altering its sales tax structure on petrol and diesel to make them cheaper in the State. Instead, it would impress upon the Central Government the need to withdraw the 5 per cent excise …
New Delhi: Indicating a new-found determination to stay the course on politically sensitive reforms, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not only defended the recent decontrol of petrol prices but said diesel rates would also be freed of government control. In comments made while returning from the G20 summit in Toronto, the …
Chanchal Pal Chauhan NEW DELHI DEMAND for petrol-driven cars has seen a sudden spike just when most carmakers have been ramping up their diesel engine capacity to meet huge demand that led to more than six months’ waiting period for the diesel versions of popular cars such as Maruti Swift …
To ensure energy security, we need a time-bound action plan to substitute petrol and diesel with gas and this will have a salutary effect on global crude prices, says R S Pandey SHOULD the prices of petrol and diesel be freed? This is a tough call for decision makers, though …
