(TH) With an annual increase of 22% in sale of auto LPG (ALPG), Indian Oil Corporation is looking to increase the number of stations dispensing it. On an average, the city consumes 2,500 tonnes of ALPG per month and there are 32 outlets under the oil majors and another 15 managed by private companies. L.K.S Chauhan, Chief General Manager, Indian Oil, said the company wanted to increase the footprint of ALPG stations as the growth was quite encouraging. “We will study the requirement. Due to the increase in stations, there are no queues in outlets,” he said. At present, the consumption…
Author: Aruna Sharma
The four-day winter session of the state Assembly, which concluded on January 12, witnessed a congenial atmosphere.The sessions in the last five years of the Congress rule were marred by heated exchanges. The House had to be suspended midway on several occasions due to pandemonium. However, this time both the government and the Opposition resolved to work together. The Chief Minister answered each and every query of the Opposition. Even the government listened to the criticism of the Governor’s address by Congress MLA Asha Kumari without any disruption. The new BJP government tried to project its vision for the state,…
(PTI) Vedanta’s oil and gas vertical Cairn India is planning to invest Rs 37,000 crore to ramp up crude production at its Barmer oil fields in Rajasthan. The investment will be made over the next few years, which will enhance the production of crude oil. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) programme for Mangala-Bhagyam-Aishwarya (MBA) fields in Barmer. The programme will help the company in achieving the production target of 5 lakh barrels oil per day (BOPD) from the Barmer oil fields. “Production will go up to 3 lakh BOPD based on the capital…
(DJ) वर्ल्ड इकोनॉमिक फोरम (डब्ल्यूईएफ) की ग्लोबल मैन्युफैक्चरिंग इंडेक्स में भारत को 30वीं रैंक मिली है। इस सूची में चीन के अलावा भारत अन्य ब्रिक्स देशों ब्राजील, रूस और दक्षिण अफ्रीका से आगे है। इस लिस्ट में चीन को पांचवां स्थान मिला है, जबकि जापान पहले स्थान पर रहा। डब्ल्यूईएफ की रीडिनेस फॉर द फ्यूचर ऑफ प्रोडक्शन रिपोर्ट में यह रैंकिंग दी गई है। – रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, ब्रिक्स देशों में चीन को 5वां, भारत को 30वां, रूस को 35वां, ब्राजील को 41वां और दक्षिण अफ्रीका को 45वां स्थान मिला है। – टॉप-10 की सूची में जापान के बाद दक्षिण…
(Tribune) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the state government would make efforts to promote religious tourism in the coming days. He was at Tattapani on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti fair and announced it a district-level fair.The Chief Minister said the government was committed to promoting religious tourism at Tattapani and restoring its lost glory. The matter regarding restoration of hot water springs and bathing ghats would soon be taken up both with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL). They had been asked to prepare the detailed report of the project…
(AU) चीफ जस्टिस के खिलाफ मोर्चा खोलने सुप्रीम कोर्ट के चार वरिष्ठम जजों को चार पूर्व जजों का समर्थन मिला है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट के पूर्व जज पीबी सावंत, दिल्ली हाइकोर्ट के पूर्व न्यायाधीश ए पी शाह, मद्रास हाईकोर्ट के पूर्व न्यायाधीश के चन्द्रु और बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट के पूर्व न्यायाधीश जस्टिस एच सुरेश ने भारत के प्रधान न्यायाधीश को खुला पत्र लिखा है। इस पत्र में इन पूर्व जजों ने 4 मौजूदा वरिष्ठ जजों की आपत्तियों को जायज ठहराया है। इन पूर्व जजों ने चीफ जस्टिस से मामलों के आवंटन में पारदर्शी तरीका अपनाने और आवंटन के लिए नियम बनाने का भी सुझाव दिया है। इन…
(FE) In a first for the country, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday launched options trading in a farm commodity on National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and affirmed the move will enable farmers to hedge their price risks better. NCDEX has introduced options in guar seed, one of its most important products in the futures segment. It is the second exchange to launch options trading after MCX but the first one to introduce an agri options product. Stressing that options trading is one of the tools to ensure farmers get remunerative price for their produce, Jaitley said: “We see in some…
(AU) भारतीय रेलवे के क्लॉक रूम और लॉकरों का इस्तेमाल करने वाले यात्रियों को इस सुविधा का लाभ उठाने के लिए अब ज्यादा भुगतान करना पड़ेगा। रेलवे बोर्ड ने अब मंडल रेल प्रबंधकों (डीआरएम) को स्टेशनों पर इस सुविधा का शुल्क बढ़ाने का अधिकार दे दिया है। सेवा को आधुनिक बनाने के लिए शीघ्र ही बोली लगाने की प्रक्रिया शुरू की जाएगी। जिसमें कम्प्यूटरीकृत माल सूची शामिल होगी और सालाना मूल्य बढ़ाने की अनुमति होगी। वर्तमान में रेलवे 24 घंटे के लिए लॉकर इस्तेमाल के लिए यात्रियों से 20 रुपये का शुल्क लेती है और प्रत्येक अतिरिक्त 24 घंटे के लिए 30 रुपए…
(PTI) The Coast Guard has traced the Aircraft Voice Data Recorder (black box) of the Pawan Hans helicopter which crashed off the Mumbai coast on January 13 while the recovery of the remaining debris is in progress. Simultaneously, the Navy has widened its search operations for the two missing crew members of the chopper. “Search for the missing ONGC crew continues till recovery. Aircraft Voice Data Recorder (VDR) has been recovered and recovery of balance debris is in progress,” a Coast Guard spokesperson said on January 14. The helicopter with seven people on-board, including five ONGC officers and two pilots, crashed off…
(PTI) India needs investment to the tune of $300 billion in the next 10 years to double its oil refining capacity, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. “Oil refining capacity in the country stands at over 247 million ton at present and demand for petro products, which is rising rapidly, will touch 600 million ton by the year 2040,” Pradhan said, while inaugurating the 22nd Refining and Petrochemicals Technology Meet here. Noting that the country has built a robust refining and petrochemicals sector over the years, the minister said several brownfield projects are already in the pipeline for creating capacities…