Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The problems in petroleum pricing stem from a flawed method, and will cause immense harm to the oil companies and endanger energy security. A DEBATE without data would be a meaningless exercise. But a debate with faulty or fudged data would be positively dangerous. The prolonged national "debate' over the …
THE Indian economy has been at tipping point for some time now, poised to enter a period characterised by slow growth and high inflation. The government's decision to hike the prices of petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) could well be the final push. In the government's view the …
Chaturvedi Panel Feels States Should Follow Centre's Example To Contain Petro Price Spiral STATES, which have earned a whopping Rs 65,000 crore as tax revenues from the oil sector in 2007-08 thanks to the high oil prices, may now have to relook at their tax structure. The high-level committee constituted …
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday said that economic growth may moderate to about 8%, or a tad lower to 7.9% in the current fiscal, even as he pointed out that inflation would not affect expansion in medium or long-term basis. Amid speculations that crude prices may …
Delay By Steel Min In Submitting Data Blamed INFLATION, which rose to 11.05% last week, is likely to stay above 11% this week too. And this time, the driver for high inflation numbers would be steel. The wholesale price index (WPI) to be reported on Friday will reflect the prices …
Macro-Economic Worries Cited; Outside Support Only; Demand Tough For Congress To Accept THE Samajwadi Party will demand a hefty price for sustaining the Manmohan Singh government
The rise in food and oil prices could "severely weaken' the economies of up to 75 developing countries, including Pakistan and Indonesia, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday in its first broad assessment of the crisis. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF managing-director, warned that some countries were now at "a tipping …
Orlando Wagner and Jochen Hauff compare the booming renewables market with other sectors where a boom has been followed by a bust, on the lookout for danger signals. They conclude that the renewable energy sector has strong foundations - but does have some areas of vulnerability, which they examine in …
There are 229 identified coal blocks for allocation to specified end users and government companies on display on the website of Ministry of Coal. Till May 2008, as many as 182 coal blocks have been allocated to eligible companies. So far, production has commenced only in 13 blocks.
After harsh contention the conservative and social democrats forming the fractious German government have agreed on a revision of the Renewable Energy Sources Act that regulates clean power promotion. Dispute was sharpest over provisions of photovoltaics.
As fuel and feedstock prices continue to rise, government entities continue to analyze the cause. The RFA (Renewable Fuels Association) points out there are a series of dynamic factors such as the rising energy cost, the falling dollar, weather-related crop failures, increase world demand and chanding diets in developing worlds …
the Bangladesh government is mulling over not giving out new gas connections as a measure to check the depleting supply in the country. The measure comes at a time when the demand of gas is increasing everyday in the country.
fuel price India fails to shield consumers A pressed Indian government raised petrol and diesel prices by 10 per cent on June 4, curbing losses to its state-owned refiners but stoking inflation and risking a political backlash. Petrol and diesel prices are now dearer by Rs 5 and Rs 3 …
THE bicycle rickshaws that weave through New Delhi's narrow lanes have long been scorned by authorities here for congesting the city's already fierce traffic. The creaking carriages crawl alongside luxury sedans, book hawkers, horse-drawn carts, hulking buses and cows, said a report published in The Washington Post. In this city …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: With the Finance Ministry clearing the air on the tax breaks for oil and gas production related activity, the seventh round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) could well evoke poor response from the international and domestic investors. While refusing to extend any further the …
