India has announced an open acreage licensing policy (OALP) for oil and gas exploration, allowing bidders to carve out areas. It will conduct auction under OALP twice a year (January & July), with the first round being held in July this year, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
With a view to provide clean cooking fuel to BPL (Below Poverty Line) households in the country, the government had launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Under PMUY, 5 crore new LPG connections to BPL households, identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data 2011, will be released by 2018-19. Connections are released in the name […]
The calorific value of natural gas varies from basin to basin and field to field. The average calorific value of natural gas produced in India is between 8000 to 9480 K cals/Cubic Metre. The calorific values of other petroleum products are given in table-1
The centre has spent over Rs 1.25 lakh crore in the last two years across the country for the development of national highways (NHs) which includes the money spent on four and six laning of NHs. Punjab is the major beneficiary of this spending.
24×7 quality power at affordable tariff is the key for economic development especially for a developing country like India. For this, efficiency must be ensured in the entire eco system of power supply – right from generation to distribution. Ever since the Modi government has taken over, the centre has taken several measures for improving […]
