For Mumbai and Chennai, prices were hiked by Rs 106 and Rs 105, respectively. It will now come at Rs 1,963 and Rs 2,145 in these two metros, data showed.
Balasore: Truckers engaged in transportation of LPG cylinders in Indian Oil Corporation’s bottling plant in Balasore have alleged that the plant authorities have shown undue favors to the truckers from outside the state while allocating the tender for transportation. The protesting transporters said that they have been providing service since the last 30 years and […]
Balasore/Baripada: Petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan today launched three projects including a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bottling unit built at the cost of Rs 321 crore in Balasore district. The three projects were inaugurated near Hidigaon village on Balasore-Chandipur road in presence of senior officials of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL). The Paradip-Haldia-Barauni […]
New Delhi: Price of subsidised cooking gas was hiked by Rs 4.50 per cylinder and jet fuel by 2 per cent. The increase in cooking gas price is the 19th increase in rates since July 2016 when the government decided to eliminate subsidy on it by raising prices every month. Subsidised LPG price has been hiked by […]
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to Soumendra, the elder brother of Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in the vigilance case over alleged black marketing and adulteration of cooking gas by the agency in Talcher owned by him. The court has asked Soumendra to cooperate with the probe team during course of […]
Bhubaneswar: After the launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) coverage in Odisha reportedly increased from 20% of the total households in 2014 to 43% in 2017. “LPG coverage has increased from 20% in June 2014 to 43% at present in terms of penetration when comparing active customers with calculated current […]
Bhubaneswar: In an apparent face-off between Odisha government and Centre over slashing of kerosene quota, BJP has asked the State to check black marketing of the essential commodity before demanding for more while ruling BJD alleged the cooking gas under Ujjwala scheme is being distributed at party level only and not the eligible beneficiaries. The […]
Sambalpur: While the Centre is letting no stone unturned in spreading awareness related to Ujjwala Yojana which is intended to benefit poor women, many villages in Sambalpur disctict of Odisha still have no LPG connections. One such example is the Maoist-affected Nunvet village in the district. The women here don’t even know about Ujjwala Yojana; […]
Cuttack: The High Court has extended interim protection from arrest to Soumendra Pradhan, brother of Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in the vigilance case of cooking gas black marketing. The court will hold the next hearing after two weeks, Soumendra’s counsel Dharanidhar Nayak said. Apprehending arrest, brother of the Union minister had filed an anticipatory bail […]
Bhubaneswar: To bring in more households under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), 30 lakh new LPG connections would be given in Odisha by 2018-end, a senior official of Indian Oil Corporation said today. In order to achieve the goal, oil marketing companies would release 30 lakh new LPG connections under PMUY and ten lakh under […]
War of words through letter exchanges between the Chief Secretary of Odisha and Oil Ministry officials ensued over invitation to guests at functions at different places in the State for the launch of Ujjwala scheme in phases
Sambalpur: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said a target has been set to provide LPG connections to 30 lakh BPL women in the state in the next three years. Besides, 10 lakh people in the non-BPL category would also be provided LPG. “At present 33 out of 100 families in […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is in a quandary over selection of eligible BPL beneficiaries under the Centre’s recently announced Ujjwala scheme after the latter said that it would follow the list of genuine applicants sent by the States while implementing the welfare scheme across the country. Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – a scheme […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that nine crore new LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections have been distributed in the last four years, including 3.5 crore connections provided under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Speaking at the launch of PMUY scheme in Delhi, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Pradhan said, […]
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday demanded a roll-back of the central government’s decision to increase the price of subsidised cooking gas by Rs 4 per cylinder every month. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress member K.C. Venugopal said the government is working on speedy elimination of subsidy on cooking gas which will affect […]
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