Draft guidelines for granting marketing rights for CNG, as transportation...
This draft guidelines for granting marketing rights for CNG, as transportation fuel, including setting up CNG stations published by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for public consultation.
View ArticleEthanol blended petrol & bio diesel policy: Standing Committee on...
The Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Seventh Report on "Ethanol Blended Petrol & Bio Diesel Policy". During 2001, pilot projects on Ethanol Blended Petrol started at 3...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution due to...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs. State of West Bengal and Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding air pollution due to automobiles, West
View ArticleNGT serves notice to Ministry of Petroleum
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, served notices to the ministries of petroleum and environment and forests, seeking to know why petrol pumps should not adopt a "No
View ArticlePlan to make Pune India’s first carbon-free city by 2040
Oil companies and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) are collaborating to make Pune India’s first carbon-free city by 2040, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has said.
View ArticleBharat Stage-V emission norms for vehicles across India from 2019
India will implement the Bharat Stage-V, or BS-V, emission norms for vehicles across the country from 2019, the government said in a statement. This ends the debate around the oil ministry's push to...
View ArticleOil Minister confirms BS-VI fuel rollout target of 2020
While the earlier plan was to implement BS-V by 2020 and BS-VI by 2024, the Petroleum Ministry sought to skip BS-V and directly implement BS-VI standards by 2020 Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister...
View ArticleNGT asks Railways for report on emissions from engines
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday sought a report on emissions from diesel locomotives and a comparative chart with regard to international standards. The tribunal, which was hearing a
View ArticleIndia to go directly to Euro-VI fuel standards: Pradhan
In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, India will go straight from Euro-IV complaint petrol and diesel to Euro-VI fuel by 2020, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. “We are not going for
View ArticleAction Taken Report on Seventh Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the Ethanol...
Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas present this Eleventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventh Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding fuel adulteration resulting in...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Cherub Singla Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/04/2016 regarding fuel adulteration resulting in increased level of air pollution. The...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding degradation of environment and...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 09/05/2016 regarding degradation of environment and receding of the glaciers
View ArticleDelhi must convert to gas for clean air: Pradhan
Delhi must convert into a natural gas-based economy as part of a long-term air quality management, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said while inaugurating a TOI conference on 'Smart Energy, Smart India'
View ArticleNGT directs State to clear air on shale gas exploration issue
CHENNAI: The Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the State government to submit a report on its stand on the shale gas exploration allegedly done by the Oil and Natural
View ArticlePradhan renews offer of clean power to Delhi from Bawana
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday renewed his call to the Delhi government to make the gas-fired Bawana power plant fully operational so as to provide clean power to the capital,
View ArticleEnvironment Minister not a hurdle for gas E&P projects: Prakash Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said his department will be proactive in providing clearances to gas exploration and production (E&P) projects. “For production, finding or drilling of...
View ArticleUS-India join hands in exploring petroleum and energy sector
Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan met his American counterpart, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss issues in petroleum and energy sector. The United States
View ArticleGovernment set to start talks on merging 13 state oil companies to create...
The government is set to start consultations for an ambitious plan to merge 13 state oil firms to create a giant corporation whose revenue dwarfs global energy major Chevron which competes with US...
View ArticleGail to use fuel cell technology to generate clean energy
For this, the company has partnered with the US-based Bloom Energy, which provides solid oxide fuel cell technology that generates onsite power from multiple sources Gail India Ltd will partner with
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of Air Act 1981...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dileep B. Nevatia Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 30/08/2016 regarding violation of Air
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