The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (ECS) and Group of Ministers has approved the award of 23 contract areas to Highest Ranked Bidders as part of the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round – II. The bidsubmission process under DSF Bid Round – II was successfully completed on January 30, 2019. The bidding under DSF bid Round-II started on 9th August 2018, and 25 contract areas were on offer covering 59 discovered oil and gas fields, spread over 3,000 Sq. Kms with prospective resource base of over 190 MMT (O+OEG). Under DSF Bid Round-II, a total of 145 bids were received in 24 Contract…
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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship has dedicated to the nation three mega projects of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in Assam. Along with two engineering projects of ONGC related to oil processing and transportation, the Minister also dedicated to nation the multi-specialty hospital at Rajabari in Sivasagar of Upper Assam. This hospital of ONGC, the company’s single largest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project, is aimed at providing quality and affordable medicare to the people of Sivasagar and Upper Assam. The Minister Shri Pradhan dedicated the projects on 1 March…
(BS) Around 5,000 compressed-bio gas (CBG) plants will be set up in the country by 2023, while a city gas distribution system covering 400 districts will provide a ready market for the CBG, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Speaking at the handing over event of Letters of Intent (LOI) to private producers for setting up CBG plants under the government’s Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) scheme, Pradhan said the marketing of this environment-friendly fuel produced from waste would be facilitated through the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network which would become available in 400 districts.
(AU) भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच तनाव बढ़ने की आशंका को देखते हुए अमेरिका ने भारत और पाकिस्तान को सैन्य कार्रवाई जैसे कदम नहीं उठने और संयम बरतने की अपील की है। अमेरिका ने कहा है कि दोनों देश हालात को सामान्य बनाने के लिए तत्काल कदम उठाएं। साथ ही पाकिस्तान से कहा है कि वह अपने यहां पनप रहे आतंकवादियों को पनाह देना बंद करे। बता दें कि 14 फरवरी को पुलवामा में हुए एक आत्मघाती हमले में सीआरपीएफ के 40 जवान शहीद हो गए थे। हमले की जिम्मेदारी पाकिस्तान स्थित आतंकवादी संगठन जैश-ए-मोहम्मद ने ली थी। न्यूज एजेंसी एएनआई…
(MP) State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has won licences to retail gas in 10 cities while Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) won rights for nine towns as oil regulator PNGRB announced winners for the 10th city gas bid round. IOC won city gas distribution licences for nine cities, most of them in Bihar and Jharkhand, on its own and one in a joint venture with Adani Gas, according to a press statement issued by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). HPCL, a subsidiary of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), won licences to retail CNG to automobiles and…
(FE) Government’s latest capital infusion of Rs 48,239 crore in PSU banks announced on 21 February 2019 may not be sufficient to support significantly stronger lending growth, said Fitch Ratings in a report. Since a large proportion of the government’s latest round of recapitalisation would go towards meeting the regulatory shortfalls, there is a need for more infusion of funds as a cushion against future losses. “Overall, we estimate that banks will need an additional Rs 1.64 lakh crore in 2019, after these latest injections, to sufficiently meet minimum Basel III capital standards, achieve 65 per cent NPL cover, and leave…
(Hindustan) सीएम त्रिवेन्द्र सिंह रावत ने कहा है कि देश ने एयर स्ट्राइक से दुश्मन देश को अपनी क्षमता दिखाई है। अब समय आ गया है कि अपने जवानों की एक-एक बूंद का हिसाब लिया जाए। हर्रावाला में हुए कार्यक्रम में अपनी विधानसभा क्षेत्र में 300 शैय्या की क्षमता के मल्टीस्पेशिलिटी अस्पताल समेत 540 करोड रूपये विभिन्न योजनाओं का शिलान्यास करते हुए सीएम ने कहा कि पुलवामा की घटना के बाद देश बहुत आक्रोश में है। दुश्मन को ये पता होना चाहिए कि 125 करोड की आबादी एक साथ उठ खड़ी होगी तो दुश्मन कांप उठेगा। इससे पहले उन्होंने अस्पताल…
(NDTV) Pakistan today claimed “strikes across Line of Control from within Pakistani airspace” a day after Indian fighter jets destroyed a vast terror camp within Pakistan in a pre-dawn strike. “This was not a retaliation to continued Indian belligerence. Pakistan has therefore, taken strikes at non military target, avoiding human loss and collateral damage. Sole purpose being to demonstrate our right, will and capability for self defence. We have no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm. That is why we undertook the action with clear warning and in broad daylight,” said the…
(AT) IAF Air Strikes in Pakistan Live Update पुलवामा आतंकी हमले का भारतीय वायुसेना ने मंगलवार तड़के बदला ले लिया. पाकिस्तान और पाकिस्तान अधिकृत कश्मीर में आतंकियों के 13 ठिकानों पर एयरस्ट्राइक की गई. विदेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज का कहना है कि LOC से 70 किमी भीतर जाकर एयरफोर्स ने आतंकी कैंपों को तबाह किया. एयरफोर्स के ऑपरेशन के बाद देशभर में खुशी की लहर है. भारत की एयर स्ट्राइक में आतंकियों के मारे जाने से पाकिस्तान बौखला गया है. सीमा पर अंधाधुंध गोलाबारी कर रहा है, बुधवार सुबह से ही LoC पर गोलीबारी जारी है.
(PTI) Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan. “The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of the emergency,” an official of the Airport Authority of India told PTI. While the official did not specify the nature of the emergency, it is believed the step was taken in view of an IAF jet crashing in Budgam district this morning. Jammu and Leh airports have also been closed for civilian traffic. The flare up…