New petroleum policy would help bring positive changes in the energy sector, enabling the country to meet the growing demand of oil and gas by achieving autarky in this sector, renowned expert on energy, Dr Gulfaraz Ahmed said on Thursday.

Ajay Modi / New Delhi April 8, 2009, 0:48 IST

The consumption of auto LPG, which registered a decline of 2.4 per cent in January, has bounced back to double-digit growth since February on the back of a 11 per cent cut in prices. The segment is estimated to grow at 20 per cent in the current year.

This publication by the Programme for the Promotion of Household and Alternative Energy sources in the Sahel (PREDAS) is a summary of a series of surveys and analyses conducted in the Sahelian countries of Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Chad.

This study examines household behaviour related to fuelwood collection and use. The focus is on identifying the behavioral transition of fuelwood-using households from collection to purchase. The study examines the theory linking households

Sandeep Dikshit
ON BOARD THE PM

CHANDIGARH

The empowered committee of state finance ministers has expressed unanimous indignation over the inexplicable delay in the reduction of petrol, diesel and LPG rates despite the substantial correction in international crude oil prices.

BS Reporter / New Delhi October 22, 2008, 0:49 IST

First supplementary demand for grants gets Lok Sabha nod.

The Lok Sabha today approved the central government

The Prime Minister has constituted a high powered committee under the chairmanship of Shri B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, to examine the financial position of oil companies.

The Liquid Petroleum Gas Distributors Association Pakistan (LPGDAP) has asked the government to ensure monitoring of LPG prices by Ogra and the petroleum ministry to check undue increase in gas prices such as the one introduced by LPG marketing companies during last two months. In a press statement issued here on Sunday, FPCCI chairman zonal committee on LPG and LPGDAP office-bearer Muhammad Irfan Khokhar said that LPG marketing companies have increased the per kg price of LPG by Rs 14.50 from Rs 48 to Rs 62, due to which the price of domestic cylinder has risen from Rs 505 to Rs 675.

Decline of home production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 300 ton, caused addition in the price of LPG by two rupees per kilogram. According to a private television channel, LPG Distributor Association Chairman Abdul Hadi Khan said that the fresh hike was caused by the imbalance found in supply and demand. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2008

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