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 …
Andhra Pradesh chief minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, has hinted at the phasing out of vehicles that are more than 15 years old on the lines of restrictions imposed in Delhi. The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has been instructed to target government vehicles that fall under this category. Naidu expressed …
A method has been developed that would help convert carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The process developed by the Osaka National Research Institute, Japan, involves reaction of CO2 with hydrogen in presence of a catalyst made from iron, zinc and a zeolite. Then CO2 …
If the citizens of Mexico City -known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world -want to breathe cleaner air, they must first take care of their kitchens. For, Sherwood Rowland, an atmospheric chemist working with the University of California has come up with a startling report …
KEROSENE is the cooking flame in the kitchen for a large part of Delhi"s households. This most basic of liquid fuels has for years been provided by the government"s public distribution system (PDS), a classically corrupt and decentralised system, to people who usually turn a blind eye to the bent …
ONCE the parity in the prices of kerosene and high speed diesel oil (HSDO) ceased in 1978-79 and HSDO prices soared to nearly 3 times that of kerosene in 1992-93, there has been a sharp increase in the demand for kerosene in the blackmarket. While the household energy consumption grew …
LIQUID petroleum gas (LPG) connection holders in India, by virtue of this privilege, are entiled to 4 litres of kerosene from the public distribution system. Those not so fortunate are supposed to get a requisitely higher quantity. The division sounds fine in theory but works only distortedly in practice, giving …
