India

 Science vs economics of cess on diesel

Anumita Roychowdhury's story on fuel efficiency (

Publication Date: 
29/06/2007
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Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Ozone, Diesel, Petrol, Vehicular Standards, Transport, Cars, Auto Technology, India
Transport

 Fuel inefficient India heading towards energy crisis

Energy insecurity is India s latest tryst with her post liberalised destiny. It began in July 2006. Crude oil prices rose to all time peak, at US $79 a barrel. In India, retail prices of petrol and diesel rose, respectively, 59.6 per cent and 78.8 per cen

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Anumita Roychowdhury
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Environment Economics, Vehicular Pollution, Petrol, Trade, Energy Policy, Transport, Automobiles, Cars, Oil, Imports, Auto Industry, India, Statistics, Diesel
Air Pollution

 Up to it, FM?

The memory of last year's oil price hike, and its economic and political fallouts, has faded from memory. As India awaits the 2007-08 Union budget, newspapers are abuzz with reports of more tax cuts

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Priyanka Chandola, Vivek Chattopadhyay, Jayeeta Sen
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Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Fuel Efficiency, Economy, Energy Efficiency, Vehicles
Industry

 Hollywood, the second largest polluter in Los Angeles

Pollution

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
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Pollution, Ozone, Diesel, Media, Cinema, United States Of America (US)
Industry

 Oil price hike: quick-fix measures wont work

Railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu are the clowns of Indian politics. But think of the actions of the two in the past fortnight and you will begin seeing the

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Sunita Narain
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Alternative Fuels, Diesel, Petrol, Cars, Industry, Governance, Politics, India, Fuel Pricing
Industry

 A joke we've played on ourselves

The charade over the oil price hike has been played out. On the one hand, the government pleads helplessness given the spiralling oil prices globally, on the other hand, the opposition right and

Publication Date: 
29/09/2005
Sunita Narain
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Diesel, Petrol, Industry, Auto Industry, Public Sector
Industry

 Leapfrog or get isolated

The danger India faces today, in the world of cleaner diesel

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
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Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Statistics
Mining

 Just bend it

Pollution under control tests for diesel vehicles are a big farce

Publication Date: 
14/03/2005
Chirag Shah
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Diesel, Vehicles
Poverty

 Firing the fuel

Delhi acts tough on diesel vehicles, levies pollution tax

Publication Date: 
30/08/2004
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Pollution, Diesel, Delhi, Vehicles
Energy

 New year blow

The Sri Lankan government has given its citizens a bitter pill to swallow this new year. It has declared that a hike in the prices of diesel, petrol and other household goods is the only remedy to

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
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