(The Pioneer) In Odisha, a total 35.36 lakh of beneficiaries have been provided with LPG connection under the PMUY till December 24. This was revealed in a Press meet organised by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Pritish Bharat, SLC (Odisha) for MoPNG and CGM I/C, IOCL, Dharmendra Behura, DGM (LPG), HPCL, Odisha, Sanjay Sharma, State Head (LPG), BPCL-Odisha and Jharkhand, Sanjay Kumar Jha, GM (LPG), IOCL, Odisha were present. They said the PMUY is a revolution which has removed smoke from the kitchens of the poor households in the country. The scheme has resulted in mass coverage of rural poor households. Odisha has covered…
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(TH) Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) chairman Sanjiv Singh launched India’s first 24×7 solar-powered retail outlet at Pongam near Angamaly. It is a big boost to the sustainability initiatives of IOCL, said a press release here. The chairman also declared Kerala as the first State where all IOCL retail outlets were fully automated. P.S. Mony, chief general manager, IOCL, Kerala, was present. Jubilee Retail Outlet, Pongam, is the largest selling IOCL retail outlet in the State. It has an average monthly sale of 332 KL of petrol and 954 KL of diesel.
(NDTV) Whenever Ram temple is constructed in Ayodhya, it would be done by “us” and no one else, declared Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. “Some people were speaking about Ram Janmabhoomi… they were saying that they will only vote for the party that will build Ram temple. I want to assure you that whenever that happens and we’ll be the ones to do it, nobody else can do it,” Yogi Adityanath said at the Yuva Kumbh in Lucknow. He also termed the Hindu culture as India’s only culture and said, “India is a nation, and it has only one culture. The…
(ET) India needs to open up its dredging market to boost trade by its major ports which at present cannot handle very large vessels in absence of proper draft depth, government think tank Niti Aayog has said. More competition mainly from global players in dredging activities would help increase and maintain draft depth at ports and attract large vessels, enabling them to become hub ports, the Aayog mentioned. At present, the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and a limited set of private vendors serve the Indian dredging market, limiting competition. “The government needs to open up the dredging market to attract…
(BS) The Railways has won 17 awards at the ‘National Energy Conservation awards 2018’, held here. This is the highest number of awards bagged by a single organisation. Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal congratulated the officials for the achievement. It participated in three categories-railway stations, hospitals and institutions out of the five major categories in which awards are given covering different subsectors. Under ‘transport’ category, Indian Railways obtained 10 awards for the subsector railway station. Under ‘building’ category, Indian Railways got three awards for subsector Railway hospitals. Under ‘institution’ category, Indian Railways bagged four awards for subsector state PWD, CPWD and…
(PTI) The ONGC board has opined that it is not the right time to list the firm’s overseas investment arm ONGC Videsh on the bourses, sources said. The board of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on December 21 considered the government demand for listing its profitable overseas investment arm ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL). The board deliberated on the demand from the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) for the listing of OVL but felt that the market conditions are not right for an oil and gas exploration and production company to list, they said, adding that there were several…
(AU) राजस्थान और छत्तीसगढ़ में नवनिर्वाचित कांग्रेस सरकारों के मंत्रिमंडल गठन और विस्तार के लिए पार्टी आलाकमान से मंजूरी मिल गई है। कांग्रेस सूत्रों के अनुसार राजस्थान में अशोक गहलोत सरकार के मंत्रिमंडल का गठन सोमवार 24 दिसंबर को, वहीं छत्तीसगढ़ में भूपेश बघेल सरकार के मंत्रिमंडल का विस्तार मंगलवार 25 दिसंबर को होगा। राजस्थान में 17 दिसंबर को अशोक गहलोत ने मुख्यमंत्री और सचिन पायलट ने उप मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ ली थी। इसके बाद से मंत्रियों के नाम को लेकर पार्टी आलाकमान के साथ चर्चा चल रही थी। कांग्रेस सूत्रों के अनुसार दोनों नेता सूची को अंतिम रूप देने…
ONGC, in collaboration with Eklavya foundation has created Center for Agriculture Research and Training in Telangana for training farmers in organic farming using latest technology. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship inaugurated the CSR project for construction of hostel, classrooms, computer labs & administrative block at the center benefiting more than 3500 farmers in organic farming. Speaking during the inauguration of the facility, the Hon’ble minister said, “This area is known for toor daal produce, and I dedicate this initiative to my brothers and sisters who are engaged in farming and…
(ET) The government will soon auction power transmission contracts worth over Rs 8,000 crore connecting renewable energy projects in western and northern states while it has deferred a decision on lines worth Rs 5,500 crore. Minutes of a meeting of National Committee on Transmission (NCT) held on December 4 showed that contracts worth about Rs 3,500 crore have been awarded on nomination basis to Power Grid Corp (PGCIL). Private sector firms such as Tata Power, Adani Power Transmission, L&T Infra, Torrent Power, Kalpataru Power Transmission and Megha Engineering had earlier bid for such contracts. The government has also compressed the timeline…
(LiveMint) A week after a telecom tribunal quashed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai’s) rules on predatory pricing and discounted offers, the regulator has appealed the tribunal’s verdict in the Supreme Court, arguing that it dismantles the regulatory framework for tariff assessment and places consumers at the mercy of service providers. The regulator, in an appeal filed on Friday, has also asserted that the tribunal’s judgement hinders it from performing its statutory functions. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) had on 13 December quashed Trai’s predatory pricing order, in a relief for Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd, which had complained…