Judgment of the Calcutta High Court in the matter of Yeasin Molla & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/09/2023. The petitioners are the ration card holders and members of Priority Household under the National Food Security Act, 2015. In the instant writ petition the petitioners have challenged …
New Delhi The Vijay Kelkar committee has outlined a programme for the Centre to keep its budget deficit in check for the next three years, leaving the 14th Finance Commission (2015-2020) to decide on the action required in subsequent years. The committee set up by the finance minister P Chidambaram …
This report is concerned with the break-up of Indian households by primary source of energy for cooking and primary source of energy for lighting. These break-ups (distributions) are given separately for rural and urban sectors of each State and UT as well as of the country as a whole. The …
State governmnent has received Centre's approval for giving cash subsidy in lieu of kerosene quota through public distribution network, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anil Deshmukh has said. The Direct Transfer of Cash Subsidy (DTCS) scheme proposes to transfer the subsidy component of kerosene price to the beneficiary's account enabling …
New Delhi In a major boost to the Centre’s efforts to target subsidies to the neediest, 11 states have already signed up to the plan to transfer cash directly to the chosen beneficiaries to disburse kerosene subsidy. The scheme aims to plug leakages in the public distribution system. The 2012-13 …
Ration card holders will be given free gas connections in lieu of their kerosene quota Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday distributed liquid petroleum gas (LPG) connection papers and stoves to 20 people at a function at Delhi Secretariat to mark the launch of a scheme that aims to make …
Delhi is set to become the first kerosene-free city in the country with the city government all geared up to launch an ambitious scheme on Tuesday under which 3.56 lakh households will get LPG cylinder and a gas stove free of cost. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit had announced the scheme …
The petroleum ministry and state oil firms plan to raise diesel and petrol prices next month as crude oil rose to a three-month high last week and diesel consumption has soared because of the weak monsoon and poor power supply, government and industry officials said. State oil firms are putting …
Forced to scale down petroleum retail operations, Reliance Industries Ltd and Essar have taken their predatory pricing complaint against government oil marketing companies (OMCs) to the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity. In July, the PNGRB (petroleum and natural gas regulatory board) had dismissed a plea of these private fuel retailers against …
Petrol pricing may officially be out of the government’s control, but a veiled intervention by the government has resulted in Indian Oil Corp and other state-run oil marketing firms Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) differing on what is the best solution. BPCL and HPCL …
Nearly 402 families have been uprooted; rescue operations on with the help of the army and paramiltary forces; prime minister, UPA chairperson assures of all possible help Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought a relief package of Rs 600-crore for the flood-hit …
Jaipur: The ghosts of the grid breakdowns that plunged half of India into darkness last week may continue to haunt us as the network remains susceptible to wild overdrawing by state governments in the face of increasing demand and poor capacity addition. But there is light at the end of …
This new report by IISD reviews the existing mechanism of subsidy delivery through public distribution systems and examines the possibility of using cash transfers as an option for fossil-fuel subsidy reform. It focuses specifically on kerosene distributed through the PDS and domestic LPG. This report revisits and reviews the existing …
This policy brief summarizes two research papers on fossil-fuel subsidy reform in India and highlights the key policy recommendations. The Government of India spent over US$ 9 billion subsidizing fuel products – diesel, kerosene, LPG and, to a lesser extent, gasoline – in 2010-11. The Government’s total subsidy expenditure (including …
Petrol, diesel prices rise in some states, fall in some after adjustment in surcharge Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have reworked the surcharge paid towards various state levies. This has led to prices of petroleum products increasing in states such as Maharashtra, Assam and West Bengal and declining in others such …
Mumbai: Mumbaikars will have to pay more on all petroleum products they use in their daily lives such as petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene after the oil marketing firms recalibrated rates to reflect the changes in local levies on Wednesday. The new prices, effective Thursday, will result in petrol …
With the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) being not in place due to the departure of Pranab Mukherjee from the government, the Petroleum Ministry is contemplating sending a proposal of hiking the prices of diesel, LPG and kerosene to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and leaving the decision …
New Delhi The government may increase the price of diesel later this month to reduce the rising oil subsidy burden, a senior petroleum ministry official said on condition of anonymity. The proposal to raise diesel prices has been kept in abeyance for a long time even though oil companies are …
In a bid to encourage green technology, Bangladesh is set to unveil solar powered lights on one selected street and install solar powered traffic lights at intersections in the capital. The measures are still unusual for Bangladesh, where only 45 percent of its more than 150 million people have access …
Pointing out that fiscal deficit was a cause of concern, C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, said on Friday that action on reducing fuel and fertilizer subsidies would be taken “as early as possible.” “I would not like to put a time frame, I …
New Delhi The sharp fall in petrol prices in Asian markets paved the way for oil marketing companies to reduce petrol prices by R2.46 per litre to R3.22 per litre to provide a much needed relief to consumers. This is the second consecutive price cut by the oil marketing companies …
