(PTI) India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is in Nepal to hold talks on the modality of construction of a petroleum pipeline from Amlekhgunj to Chitwan and the import of petrol and gas to the land-locked Himalayan nation. Nepal is seeking extension of three pipelines – natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and oil (petrol, diesel and kerosene)- up to Chitwan. The Indian petroleum minister and his team will hold discussions on the under-construction petroleum and gas pipelines, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) spokesperson Birendra Goit was quoted as saying by the daily. Pradhan, who arrived here on Friday, will hold discussions with various authorities involved in the construction of the pipeline. The…
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(AU) महंत दिग्विजयनाथ और महंत अवेद्यनाथ की श्रद्धांजलि समारोह में हिस्सा लेने आए मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने कहा कि देश फतवे से नहीं संविधान से चलता है। बाबा साहब डॉ. भीम राव अंबेडकर ने जो संविधान दिया है, उसमें हर समस्या का समाधान है। मुख्यमंत्री के इस बयान को मुस्लिम पर्सनल लॉ बोर्ड के उस बयान से जोड़कर देखा जा रहा है, जिसमें कहा गया था कि तीन तलाक पर अध्यादेश को नहीं माना जाएगा। दो दिवसीय दौरे पर गोरखपुर आए मुख्यमंत्री ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि ऊंच, नीच का भाव भारतीय संस्कृति का हिस्सा नहीं है। गुरु गोरखनाथ पीठ…
(LiveMint) The central government is likely to miss the goods and services tax (GST) collection targets for this financial year, finance minister Arun Jaitley hinted on Friday. This, despite the fact that most states managed to reduce their revenue shortfall compared to last year. When asked if the government was confident of meeting the GST collectiontargets, Jaitley said: “We are in the middle of the year. The festival season is coming, and it is the consumption season…We will try and come as close as possible to the target.” He added that, along with direct tax collections, the government should be able to comfortably…
(ET) Indian oil marketing companies will float an Expression of Interest (EoI) next week to invite from potential investors for setting up compressed bio-gas (CBG) production plants. The event will be marked with oil ministerDharmendra Pradhan launching the SATAT initiative. “It is planned to roll out 5,000 CBG plants across India in a phased manner, with 250 plants by the year 2020, 1,000 plants by 2022, and 5,000 plants by 2025. These plants are expected to produce 15 million tonnes of CBG per annum, which is about 40 per cent of current CNG consumption of 44 million tonnes per annum in the country,” the oil…
(AU) रुपये में कमजोरी के बाद अब घरेलू गैस की कीमतों में बढ़ोतरी के सरकार के फैसले से एक ओर जहां सीएनजी, पीएनजी व घरेलू रसोई गैस एलपीजी की कीमतें बढ़नी लगभग तय है, वहीं यूरिया और बिजली उत्पादन की लागत में भी बढ़ोतरी होगी। इसके साथ ही अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाजार में कच्चे तेल के दाम बढ़ने और रुपये में आई कमजोरी के चलते भी कंपनियों पर कीमतें बढ़ाने का दबाव है। ऐसे में एक अक्तूबर से उपभोक्ताओं को वाहनों और घरेलू प्रयोग में लाई जाने वाली गैस के ज्यादा दाम चुकाने पड़ सकते हैं। प्राकृतिक गैस की कीमतों में प्रत्येक…
(FE) Hospitalisation under the recently-launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) will be 1 lakh/day as the scheme stabilises and the annual cost will double to over Rs 20,000 crore, Ayushman Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan said on Friday. After the PM-JAY launch on September 23, about 20,000 people have taken free-of-cost hospitalisation benefit, most of whom are from Chhattisgarh. The average hospitalisation is about 4,000 per day after the scheme was rolled out on September 23. Bhushan said about 25 lakh could benefit from free hospitalisation by the end of March 2019. Hospitalisation rate would further rise to 1 lakh/day when…
NITI Aayog and United Nations in India signed the Sustainable Development Framework for 2018-2022 at a function in the capital today. The agreement is a reflection of the commitment and efforts made by India towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. The Government of India-United Nations Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDF) for 2018-2022 was signed by the CEO, NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant and United Nations Resident Coordinator in India Yuri Afanasiev, at a special signing ceremony presided over by Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, Dr. Rajiv Kumar. Members of NITI Aayog and Heads of UN agencies in India were present on this occasion. Dr. Rajiv…
(Hindustan) वित्त मंत्री अरूण जेटली ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि वर्तमान में जारी वैश्विक व्यापार युद्ध ‘आरंभ में अस्थिरता जरूर पैदा कर सकता है, लेकिन यह भारत के लिए कई अवसरों के द्वार खोलेगा। इससे देश को एक बड़ा विनिर्माण और व्यापारिक केंद्र बनाने में मदद मिल सकती है। जेटली ने व्यापारियों से आग्रह किया कि उन्हें साफ-सुथरी और नैतिक व्यापारिक गतिविधियों को अपनाना चाहिए। उन्हें अपने हिस्से का कर चुकाना चाहिए, क्योंकि शोधन अक्षमता एवं संहिता (आईबीसी) ने रातों-रात छूमंतर हो जाने वाले व्यापारियों की दुकान पर ताला लगा दिया है। पीएचडी चैंबर ऑफ कॉमर्स के वार्षिक सम्मेलन को संबोधित…
(ET) Amid a nation-wide traders’ strike on Friday called by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the organisation submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In response to the call for a “Bharat Trade Bandh” against the Walmart-Flipkart deal and foreign direct investment in retail, the commercial markets across the country were closed on Friday, a CAIT statement said. The traders body submitted the memorandum and a Traders Charter to Modi urging for his intervention to stop the deal as it violates FDI Policy Press Note Number 3 of 2016 of the government, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said…
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will kick off an innovative initiative in New Delhi on 1st October, 2018, with PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs ,i.e. IOC, BPCL and HPCL) inviting Expression of Interest (EoI) from potential entrepreneurs to set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make available CBG in the market for use in automotive fuels. This significant move has the potential to boost availability of more affordable transport fuels, better use of agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste, as well as to provide an additional revenue source…