Behind schedule: Rethink on four planned dedicated freight corridors
Indian Railways is exploring options other than DFCs, like high-speed passenger corridors and capacity augmentation of existing lines, to tackle the most niggling issue of congestion on tracks, especially on the Golden Quadri
Success Story: Spurt in number of LPG applicants under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
The GSA is being observed across 17,000 villages over a period of 21 days starting April 14, 2018 and the Centre has assigned one director, deputy director or under-secretary-level officer to every village to co-ordinate the
Welcome change or warning bells? Bus services overtake Shatabdi on busy, short routes
In comparison, the other two premium-category trains — Rajdhani and Duronto — have seen average occupancy of 83% and above during the period.
Now, Niti Aayog to screen all Government of India consultants
The move comes at a time when Niti Aayog itself is hiring external consultants to bring in talent to strengthen its workforce.
Essar Oil & Gas to spend $1 bn in Raniganj for shale gas
The company holds the largest CBM acreage in the country with five blocks having an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of CBM spread across 2,700 sq km across five states — Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West
Essar Oil UK looks to raise jet fuel output
The refinery is now capable of producing 145 KT of aviation fuel per month which was 120 KT before implementation of Tiger Cub. However, according to Thangapandian, the full payback period for Tiger Cub will be around 12-15 m
Oil and gas: Discovered small fields – New entrants likely to start production first
While six-seven hydrocarbon areas awarded under the discovered small fields (DSF) policy are expected to start production in 2019, the new entrants, rather than entrenched big players in the sector, are likely to lead the pac
KG-D6 Block: Reliance Industries to surrender two deep-sea finds
Reliance Industries (RIL) has been asked by the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) to relinquish two deep-sea satellite gas discoveries—D6 and D19—in the KG-D6 block, off India’s east coast.
GAIL (India) to be split
Company to separate into pipeline, gas-marketing entities to protect customer interest.
No initial impact of BS-VI compliance cost on diesel, petrol prices
Production cost of petrol has gone up by 24 paise per litre on an average and that for diesel has risen by 66 paise.
Rail Wagons: Bulk consumers to get their own
Although an estimate of the potential investments by the consumer-industries is yet to be made, it could run into tens of thousands of crores.
Some Shatabdi trains to see reduction in coaches
These trains with air-conditioned chair cars connect major Indian cities and complete a to-and-fro journey between two destinations the same day.
Eastern DFC’s 340-km section may be commissioned in December
A total of around 12,600 ha for the two DFCs has been acquired and compensation of Rs 15,884 crore has been paid. “Almost 100% of land acquisition is over and 98% have been handed over to contractors.
PM Narendra Modi’s Ujjawala Yojana impact: LPG bottling plants are now utilising 120% of capacity
Bottling plants of oil marketing companies (OMCs) are utilising around 120% of their capacities with some even resorting to night shifts owing to the massive demand for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders created by the g
US LNG to miss March 28 arrival date
The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship from the US is expected to miss its scheduled date of 28 March, 2018 to reach Dabhol terminal of GAIL.
Station development: Railways plans facelift at own cost
This comes even as its large-scale stations revamp plan, involving private parties, is yet to take shape.
Higher loading plan by CIL to push railways’ freight volume
Going by the coal loading projections for Coal India (CIL) by the Ministry of Power, the Indian Railways is set to witness an incremental freight of 30-50 million tonne (MT) over the next three years on account of the fuel al
LNG truck-loading at Shell’s Hazira terminal by 2019
The Hazira liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Gujarat will have an LNG truck-loading unit by 2019 for distribution of the fuel in off-grid areas where there are no gas pipelines.
Leasing out of Railway land: Project gathers pace, transfer of 30 land parcels by mid-April
The Rail Land Development Authority will invite bids for commercial development of 30 land parcels by mid-April, adding that the transporter's potential receipts as lease rentals from these land parcels could be around Rs 7,0
Railways may infuse equity into IRSDC for station redevelopment
To put the station redevelopment programme on track, Indian Railways is likely to infuse equity into its arm Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation, which is the designated nodal executing agency, so that the latter
No last-minute GBS cut: Railways to Piyush Goyal
Support for railways cut by 27% from FY18 original outlay.
States’ share may dip to 50% from 80%
Railways, however, to make 50:50 norm mandatory for all projects, including new lines and doubling
How green energy drive and demand for petrochemicals are making PSUs diversify their portfolio
The Indian Oil Corporation, which is making a massive investment for the Paradip integrated refinery — around Rs 15,000 cr on petrochemicals — plans to pump in another Rs 32,000 crore on petrochemical capacity until 2022-
Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih says country interested in Indian refineries
This comes a day after Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the country has offered Saudi Arabia a stake in the future strategic oil reserves and has also offered investment opportunities in the west coast refiner
India offers Saudi Arabia stake in strategic oil reserves
India has also sought reasonable oil prices for its refiners from Saudi Arabia
Railways to pay lease rental for CIL-owned wagons
The revived plan of Coal India (CIL) to buy railway wagons to transport fuel is likely to see the transporter pay the miner lease rental for the rolling stock, similar to the arrangement the Indian Railways has with its arm I
Railway ministry seeks to nominate PSUs for station redevelopment
To set in motion a revamped station redevelopment programme, the ministry of railways is seeking approval to nominate public-sector undertakings (PSUs) in case the proposed nodal agency, its arm Indian Railway Stations Develo
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