Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) Public sector oil marketing companies have recorded a monthly sales growth rate of over 80 per cent, according to representatives cited by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, as Gujarat continues to experience brief and localised fuel availability pressures attributed largely to panic buying and rapid stock turnover at petrol pumps. On Monday, the department said the surge in sales has coincided with a situation in which fuel arriving at statio…
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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Agreements signed between India and the United Arab Emirates during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits deepen strategic‑economic partnership across energy storage, long‑term fuel supplies, defence cooperation and artificial intelligence, a report has said. The report from India Narrative said the agreement builds India’s energy resilience, maritime security, digital ecosystems, and emerging artificial intelligence capabilities.It includes a $5 billion investment c…
Jaipur, May 21 (IANS) The issue of alleged restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel has reached the Rajasthan High Court, with the Petroleum Dealers Distributors Transporters Welfare Association challenging what it termed as arbitrary actions by public sector oil companies. A civil writ petition filed by the association came up for hearing before the bench of Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit at the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court.The court has fixed May 25 for the next hearing in the mat…
Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) Public sector oil marketing companies, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited are ensuring an uninterrupted supply of petrol and diesel across Rajasthan, officials said on Tuesday. According to the Department of Food and Civil Supplies, sufficient petroleum product reserves are available in the state, and the supply chain has been continuously strengthened to meet consumer demand.Adequate stocks of p…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) State-run oil marketing companies on Tuesday raised petrol and diesel prices for the second time in less than a week amid soaring global crude oil prices.Following the latest revision, petrol became costlier by 86 paise per litre and diesel by 83 paise per litre.In the national capital, petrol prices rose to Rs 98.64 per litre, while diesel prices increased to Rs 91.58 per litre.The increase comes days after oil firms raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre on …
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) More than 1.72 crore domestic liquefied petroleum gas cylinders were delivered during the last four days, against bookings of around 1.69 crore cylinders, as the supply of cooking gas remains normal with no dry-outs reported at retail distributorships despite supply chain disruptions due to the Middle East conflict, according to an update issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Monday. Online liquefied petroleum gas cylinder bookings increased to about 99 …
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s “theoretical compressed biogas production capacity is estimated at 62 million metric tonnes annually”, but current output remains below 1 per cent of that potential, leaving a massive untapped domestic energy opportunity that could attract nearly Rs 1 lakh crore of investments, a report said on Tuesday.The report from fintech platform smallcase said agricultural residue, cattle waste, municipal solid waste and industrial byproducts are increasingly being vi…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday chaired the fifth meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers to review the existing risks to energy supply chains and domestic availability of essential commodities in the wake of the conflict in West Asia. “The government, under the leadership of PM Modi, has been working to ensure uninterrupted supplies of essential goods across the country,” the minister said in a post on X.Singh urged people to remain calm and avoid …
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) State‑owned oil marketing companies warned of rising cases of LPG delivery scams in which fraudsters impersonate official gas delivery services to extract One‑Time Passwords and Delivery Authentication Codes.Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum issued advisories on social media about cyber fraud targeting domestic LPG consumers with fake SMS and WhatsApp messages mimicking delivery notifications. These messages a…
Jaipur, April 21 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel on Tuesday announced that the inauguration of the Pachpadra Refinery has been temporarily postponed due to technical reasons, following a leakage incident at the facility. The refinery was scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi, but the event has been deferred as a precautionary measure.Addressing a press conference, Minister Patel said the incident occurred around 1:55 p.m., when a leakage was detected with…