New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday described India’s first standalone greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex — inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Pachpadra in Rajasthan — as a major milestone in the country’s journey towards energy self-reliance.In a post on X, the minister said the refinery will produce nearly 26 per cent petrochemical products from the outset and has a Nelson Complexity Index of 17, making it on…
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Jaipur, July 4 (IANS) The inauguration of the Rajasthan Refinery at Pachpadra in Balotra on Saturday became the latest battleground in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Congress political war, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing the previous Congress government in Rajasthan of delaying the ambitious project and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot responding with a sharp rebuttal. Addressing a massive rally after dedicating the refinery to the nation, Prime Minister Modi said the project had…
Jaipur, July 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India successfully mitigated the energy crisis triggered by the conflict in West Asia through timely decision-making, effective diplomacy, and prudent resource management, while inaugurating the country’s most modern integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Balotra district. The Prime Minister, who is on a day-long visit to Rajasthan, arrived at Pachpadra around 12 p.m. after inaugurating th…
Jaipur, July 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the country’s first greenfield integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Pachpadra in Balotra and virtually laid the foundation stone for the Jaipur Metro Phase 2 project. The Prime Minister reached Pachpadra around 12 noon, where he inspected the refinery’s state-of-the-art control room and interacted with engineers and technical experts to understand the crude oil refining process.Before dedicating the refinery t…
Jaipur, July 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the country’s most modern integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Balotra district, asserting that BJP-led governments believe in completing projects rather than merely announcing them.After inaugurating the new terminal building at Jodhpur Airport earlier in the day, the Prime Minister arrived at the Pachpadra refinery around 12 noon. He inspected the refinery’s state-of-the-art control …
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…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) In a series of social media messages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to people in Rajasthan, especially those in Pink City Jaipur, on the eve of his visit, highlighting the mega projects whose inauguration and foundation stone laying are scheduled on Saturday. He shared information about his programmes relating to sectors like energy, aviation, semiconductors and urban development, saying, “These works will add significant momentum to our efforts of becoming …
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, May 29 (IANS) Restoration work on the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) at the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery at Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Balotra district is progressing rapidly, with commissioning activities scheduled to begin from June 1, senior officials told during a high-level review meeting held on Friday. The meeting was chaired by Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas and attended by senior officials of the state government, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), and HPCL Rajasthan…