Girish Chandra Chaturvedi (57), a 1977 batch Indian Administrative officer from the UP cadre, took charge as the new petroleum secretary on May 3.
RGPPL has signed a power purchase agreement with the government of Daman and Diu for selling about 98 Mw of power from July.
Olympus Capital, UTI's PE arm to fund Rs 400 crore.
The report, submitted to the government last week, says the slow pace of field development is the reason production has fallen to 50 million standard cubic metres a day (mscmd) from a peak of 60 mscmd last year.
IEA has forecast that in 2011 demand will grow by 1.4 million bpd to 89.4 million bpd.
Though all the regulatory and ministerial approvals are yet to come in, two working groups with specific mandates have been set up.
If the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has its way, individuals and corporations donating to educational institutions may soon be eligible for tax exemptions.
Started in 1857, Alstom is one of the grand old companies of Europe.
The state-run company may soon buy nearly 20 per cent stake in two shale gas acreages - Eagle Ford shale and Barnett shale - in the US.
RIL is insisting on a more relaxed contract for committing more gas to NTPC.
With RIL's KG-D6 output playing truant, steps need to be taken to stabilise the country's natural gas production.
Lack of students prompts the university to re-look at its strategy
When people get used to something, they want more of it. But gas will always be short in India. All estimates of gas demand are hugely pessimistic.
The government will reserve the right to decide on the cost recoverability of royalty from Cairn India's block in Barmer while clearing Cairn Energy's sale of its Indian subsidiary to Vedanta Resources.
The government had in July 2010 imposed a cess on coal at an effective rate of Rs 50 a tonne.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to pull the plug on part-time management courses in business schools across the country.
The government's decision not to extend the tax holiday on exploration of oil blocks being offered in the ninth round of bidding under the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (Nelp) may impact the current bidding process, of Nelp-IX.
There was a time when gas was offered to India at a cheaper price but we could not close those deals.
This implies that the 30-odd institutions in Maharashtra will be free to select candidates through any of five national level entrance tests.
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