Ratnagiri Gas & Power Pvt Ltd, in charge of Dabhol assets since 2005, has admitted it is passing through a difficult phase in the absence of gas allocation and low recovery of dues from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company.
The government has asked the rich to give up subsidies on LPG to make them available to people who deserve it.
The PM will make a six-day visit to the United States from September 21 to 27 to attend various events including the annual United Nations General Assembly session in New York and a diaspora event in Houston in Texas in which US President Donald Trump is also participating.
India's electric mobility goal, which has so far been riding on two wheels, is all set to graduate to four wheels. At least, the journey has begun. Hyundai Motor India said it would invest Rs 4,000 crore till 2028 to launch half-a-dozen electric vehicles (EVs) in India. It would eventually straddle premium and mass segments. The first of these - the electrified version of an internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered model - will go on sale as early as next year.
Both protesters and the authorities in Hong Kong are using complex combinations of technology, reports Devangshu Datta.
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The GST Bill, introduced in Parliament in 2010, is being vetted by the Standing Committee on Finance. Now, the states and the Centre would together finalise the draft and bring it back to Parliament.
Acquisitions may have played a role in much of the increase.
Rediff reader Murali Krishnan Ambati, 47, from Bengaluru shares an interesting formula to save money.
Expect Modi to speak about internal security, terrorism, agriculture, the Triple Talaq Bill, the SC/ST Bill and, of course, the controversial NRC.
Yogendra Yadav said the decision to defer the march was taken over a forecast of bad weather conditions on Wednesday.
A day before the start of the Budget session of Parliament, as many as 18 opposition parties, led by the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Shiv Sena and the Trinamool Congress, decided on Thursday to boycott the President's address to the joint sitting of both Houses in solidarity with the farmers protesting against the new farm laws.
The CPI(M) has asked the Centre to withdraw its decision to make Aadhaar cards compulsory for providing various benefits like cooking gas subsidy to people.
'India should take up defence manufacturing in a more serious manner and encourage greater private participation.'
In a presentation prepared for the incoming Narendra Modi-government, the ministry listed national oil companies losing focus on domestic exploration as well as legal disputes around signed contracts with private explorers among the five things that went wrong during the United Progressive Alliance regime.
Rather than talking endlessly about lost and marginal opportunities, India's climate envoys need to start thinking bigger, says Mihir S Sharma.
State-run GAIL India Ltd has mooted a multi-billion-dollar CNG corridor in the country to save up to Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) in oil bill and cut carbon emissions from automobiles.
The Indian basket represents the price of Oman and Dubai sour grade crude.
Likening Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the character of an arrogant king, 'ahankari raja', from stories of yore, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said he is unable to understand that the 'jawan' who has kept the country safe is also the son of a farmer.
'If we are terrorists and Pakistanis and Khalistanis, why did your home minister talk to our core committee leaders?'
Between fiscals 2009 and 2014, India's energy import bill surged at an average 14 per cent annually to $161 billion.
The 1,967 MW plant has not been operating since August because of stoppage of natural gas supplies from domestic fields.
Goldman Sachs report said, "India has a fifth of the world's population, but only a 30th of its energy".
'The Modi government is not listening to us. So now we are coming to Delhi to talk with the central government.'
India has called the remarks by foreign leaders on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country.
Britain's Cairn Energy has secured a French court order to seize 20 Indian govt properties to recover arbitration award, it is learnt.
The Principal Secretary of Planning Commission also requested the people of Jammu and Kashmir on behalf of the central government to maintain peace.
BJP would observe the next 10 days -- from Sunday to September 17, the birthday of the PM -- as 'seva parva'.
Expressing commitment to augment the country's infrastructure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed to significantly enhance capital expenditure to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in the next fiscal, besides creating institutional structures and giving a big thrust to monetizing assets to achieve the goals of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). Sitharaman said NIP, that was launched in December 2019 with 6,835 projects, has now been expanded to 7,400 projects and around 217 projects worth Rs 1.10 lakh crore under some key infrastructure ministries have been completed. "For 2021-22, I propose a sharp increase in capital expenditure and thus have provided Rs 5.54 lakh crores which is 34.5% more than the BE of 2020-21," the finance minister said.
Sitharaman said the government also proposes Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana to address critical infrastructure gap in fisheries sector.
Business subsidies may attract tax
Modi alleged that Banerjee has let loose goons in the state, dashing the hopes of people.
Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, charged the government with not delivering on its various promises, including generating two crore jobs per year.
Fuel accounts for around 40 per cent of costs for domestic airlines.
Based on a petition filed by Palem Srikanth Reddy, president of the Jana Palana Party, a division bench comprising justices G Rohini and T Sunil Chowdary issued notices and posted the matter on April 2 for further hearing.
The Centre on Sunday moved the Delhi High Court seeking recall of its order directing supply of entire allocated oxygen of 490 metric tonnes (MT) to the national capital and warning of contempt action for failure to do so.
Applying for a passport is no longer the nightmare it used to be, thanks to the government outsourcing parts of the process. But there still are things you need to know before you take the plunge.
Private airlines Jet Airways and Kingfisher owe state-owned oil firms over Rs 1,774 crore (Rs 17.74 billion) in unpaid jet fuel bills, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada said on Thursday.
The Gujarat High Court had last week directed ONGC to pay royalty on crude oil on the gross price it bills to refiners.
