NEW DELHI: The issue of continuation of cooking gas subsidy will be considered before inviting financial bids for BPCL privatisation, Parliament was informed on Saturday. However, the interest of LPG customers of BPCL would be taken into consideration while deciding on the subsidy issue, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur said in a…

The controversy over the mega refinery project with an investment of Rs 3 lakh crore in Sindhudurg district has taken a new twist. Those opposing the project at Nanar site on Saturday now want the project to come up in the larger interest of the region. They made a representation to the Housing Minister Dr…

Being aware of the Baghjan oilfield incident in Assam’s Tinsukia district, the Centre said in the Parliament on Saturday that the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for oil and gas industry are also being re-visited for making improvements in order to prevent such accidents in future. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Ministry for…

The Union government may consider the closure of central public sector units (PSUs) even if they have been approved for strategic disinvestment on a case-to-case basis. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said that the government follows a policy of closure of centre…

India’s sales of diesel in the first half of September rose from the same period a month earlier, as monsoon rains eased and the government relaxed restrictions in the latest phase of its six-month Covid-19 lockdown ending this month. Gasoline sales also rose during the same period. Diesel use in the first two weeks of…

New Delhi: Petrol and prices in the country have fallen sharply again even though global oil prices rebounded and rose over $43 a barrel marking its fifth consecutive day of rise. On Friday, the pump prices of petrol and diesel fell by 26 and 35 paisa per litre, respectively in the national capital making it…

Amaravati: The state government is planning a comprehensive survey to provide required infrastructure to industries in the state.Industries minister Mekapati Gautham Reddy said the survey will identify the shortcomings in the management of the industries and suggest the remedies. Speaking to reporters at APIIC office on Thursday, Mekapati said that Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal…

Washington: The strategic energy partnership between India and America has taken deep roots in a short span of time, India’s top diplomat to the US has said, asserting that this cooperation can energise the economic recovery of both the countries. The US remains a critical partner for India in meeting the development aspirations of 1.3…

Singapore — The increase in tax on natural gas in Andhra Pradesh, a key state in India where domestic gas produced from the Krishna Godavari basin is sold, would make domestic gas less competitive for end-buyers and pose a challenge in the central government’s bold ambition to raise gas’s share in the energy mix to…

An investment of ₹4.74-lakh crore is required to achieve the balance renewable energy capacity addition target of 86 gigawatt (GW) by March 2022.Responding to questions in the Lok Sabha, RK Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, said a cumulative renewable energy capacity of 88,793.39 MW has been installed…