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As car owners flag concerns on ethanol-blended petrol’s impact on older engines, Govt says fears ‘largely unfounded’
August 05, 2025 5:58 am
India’s ethanol blending programme began over two decades ago in 2003, with an initial target of 5 per cent blending for nine states. Over the subsequent years, its scope was expanded to cover most of the country.
Centre asks Punjab govt to reconsider fee levied on ethanol production
May 27, 2025 9:52 am
The petroleum ministry official urged the Chief Secretary to review the Excise Policy and reconsider any levy/fee on fuel ethanol production/consumption/transportation in Punjab
Fall in energy prices brings down India’s oil, gas import bill despite growth in volumes
February 19, 2024 2:12 pm
This decline in the value of oil and gas imports came despite a rise in import volumes, suggesting that the fall in prices was significant enough to offset the volume growth. In the first 10 months of the previous financial year, 2022-23 (FY23), India’s net oil and gas import bill was $124.8 billion.
Domestic gas price for May set at $8.27, consumers will continue paying ceiling price of $6.50
April 30, 2023 8:56 pm
Key changes in the pricing regime include benchmarking the price of APM gas to the price of imported crude instead of gas prices in four international gas trading hubs, and monthly, rather than biannual revisions in prices.
Price cap, energy geo-politics
February 06, 2023 9:41 am
US petroleum firms have benefited the most from sanctions on Russia. Europe has been pushed into a relationship of energy dependency with the US
Seek foreign partners to raise output from Mumbai High, B&S fields: Govt to ONGC
November 02, 2021 3:27 am
The Centre had previously directed ONGC to bid out small and marginal fields to boost domestic production, and has consistently been nudging ONGC to seek out foreign players as partners to boost production from domestic oil and gas fields.
Oil Min moves Cabinet note for splitting GAIL; pipeline business may be sold later
February 04, 2020 5:30 pm
GAIL is India's biggest natural gas marketing and trading firm and owns more than 70 per cent of the country's 16,981-km pipeline network, giving it a stranglehold on the market.
Centre to auction 69 marginal oil fields to private players
April 22, 2015 2:55 am
69 fields were left idle by ONGC and Oil India after finding it difficult to put these acreages under production.
Disclosure statements of accused suggest more corporates could have accessed papers
April 21, 2015 1:36 am
Former journalist Santanu Saikia, in his disclosure statement, stated that he used to charge as high as Rs 3 lakh for access to information.
Oil paper leak case: Delhi court takes cognisance of chargesheet filed against accused
April 20, 2015 12:24 pm
According to sources, provisions of the stringent Official Secrets Act have not been invoked against the accused.
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Corporate espionage: Accused to remain in custody till Feb 23
February 20, 2015 7:48 pm
The rooms accessed to steal official documents included rooms of Special Secretary, Joint Secretary (Refineries and Exploration) and Director (Exploration-1) were among others.
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