Oil Minister meets Arun Jaitley as fuel prices touch new high

Petrol prices were on Thursday hiked by 15 paise a litre and diesel by 20 paise.

5,000 bio-gas plants at Rs 1.75 lakh cr investment in offing: Pradhan

Pradhan announced that state-owned fuel marketing companies will purchase all the bio-gas from these plants.

“If the rate of crude oil increases in international market, the states actually get the benefit,” Mr Pradhan said.

Conventional oil and gas fields see output decline and recovery rate drop as they age.

Diverting sugarcane juice for directly making ethanol, which can be doped in petrol, is common across the major sugar producing nations.

US sanctions against Iran, the third biggest exporter of oil to India, make it difficult for its allies like India to manage the oil demand supply.

The BJD government has rejected it saying it is inadequate to address the concerns of the BPL people in Odisha.

The price of petrol has been increased by 20 paise per litre, while diesel saw a hike of 21 paise per litre.

Dharmendra Pradhan’s background does not justify his current position.

BJP strategists believe the massive gathering at Odia Parv was a clear indication of people’s growing love for the party.