Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday that while the Middle East conflict has led to an increase in the country’s petroleum and fertiliser subsidy bill due to the spike in global prices, the government has an adequate resource buffer to manage the situation without any changes in the Budget estimates for 2026-27. Speaking at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards function here, the Finance Minister said, “I have kept buffers which can take care of it and…
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Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Around 3,000 LPG cylinders were swept away by floodwaters after a protective wall at the HPCL Patalganga LPG Bottling Plant in Maharashtra’s Raigad district collapsed following heavy rainfall. Videos circulating on social media showed hundreds of gas cylinders floating in the swollen Patalganga River, drawing large crowds of onlookers who recorded the unusual sight from a nearby bridge.According to officials, relentless rainfall caused the plant’s protective boundary wall t…
Jaipur, July 3 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Leader of Opposition (LoP) Tika Ram Jully on Friday welcomed inauguration of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Rajasthan Refinery at Pachpadra in Balotra and urged the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government to ensure that local youth from Barmer, Jodhpur, the Marwar region, and across Rajasthan receive priority in employment opportunities generated by the project. LoP Jully also called for the establishment of a Manmohan Singh Petroleum Uni…
Jaipur, July 3 (IANS) The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Rajasthan Refinery at Pachpadra is not just India’s first greenfield integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex, it is also one of the country’s most ambitious engineering projects, built on a scale that can best be understood through comparisons with some of the world’s most iconic landmarks. Spread across the desert landscape of Rajasthan’s Balotra district, the Rs 79,459-crore refinery, which Prime Minister Narendra M…
Jaipur, July 3 (IANS) The HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) at Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Balotra district is finally set to become operational after a 15-year journey marked by political controversies, land acquisition disputes, repeated delays, mounting costs and even a fire that postponed its inauguration at the last minute.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country’s first greenfield BS-VI-compliant integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex on Saturday. The refinery’s jo…
Jaipur, June 26 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday questioned the delay in the completion of the Barmer Refinery project ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to inaugurate the facility. Gehlot alleged that work on the project was stalled for five years during the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Rajasthan, leading to a sharp escalation in its cost.Responding to questions from reporters, the former Chief Minister said the refinery is…
Jaipur, June 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Balotra district on July 4. During the proposed visit, he will dedicate the Pachpadra Refinery to the nation and lay the foundation stone for Jaipur Metro Phase-II.The Prime Minister will also inaugurate and lay foundation stones for several development projects across the state. In addition, appointment letters will be distributed to youth selected for various government services.Chief Minister Bh…
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East impacting global supply chains, the Government of India, the Maharashtra government and public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) — BPCL, IOCL and HPCL — on Friday assured citizens that adequate stocks of petrol, diesel and LPG are available across the state and that supplies remain stable, closely monitored and uninterrupted.“PSU oil companies have successfully maintained uninterrupted supplies despite a substant…
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday stated that there has been a significant increase in regional retail fuel consumption compared to typical seasonal patterns, highlighting that the state’s Food and Civil Supplies and Home Departments are jointly overseeing the supply and distribution pipelines.The state has expanded petrol distribution by 23 per cent and diesel by 52 per cent to stabilise market demand, he said.The CM stated that there seems to be hoar…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East impacting global supply chains, the government of Maharashtra and PSU Oil Marketing Companies (BPCL, IOCL, and HPCL), through the State Level Coordinator (Oil Industry), Maharashtra, Mihir Ganesh Joshi, on Monday, assured consumers that adequate petrol, diesel, and LPG stocks are available across Maharashtra. Supply operations are being closely monitored and maintained without disruption.The PSU Oil Marketing Companies a…