LPG

Union Budget 2016: Middle class left high and dry, with a few exceptions

Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union Budget on Monday left the middle class and salaried people high and dry, hit by slow economic growth and the rising cost of living.

Publication Date:

01/03/2016

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Budget, Economy, Housing, Cars, Petrol, LPG, CNG

Air Pollution

Wheels get hotter as Jaitley's infra cess jacks up car prices

Luxury Sedans, SUVs Hit Speed-Breaker Harder With FM's New Cess

Publication Date:

01/03/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Cars, Budget, Compensation, Vehicular Pollution, CNG, LPG, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Auto Industry, Air Pollution

Energy

Hydrocarbon vision 2030 for North East India

The Minister of State (IC) for Petroleum and Natural Gas released the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for north-east India, outlining steps to leverage the hydrocarbon sector for development of the region in Guwahati.

Publication Date:

09/02/2016

Source: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Tags:

Oil, Oil Products, Natural Gas, North East, India, LPG, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Oil India, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Energy

Bringing clean, safe, affordable cooking energy to Kenyan households: an agenda for action

This briefing note synthesizes the latest evidence on the impacts of traditional biomass cooking and discusses options for addressing these challenges, with recommendations for policy-makers in Kenya and across sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication Date:

01/02/2016

Author(s): Fiona Lambe

Source: Stockholm Environment Institute

Tags:

Biomass, Chulhas (Cookstoves), Kenya, Africa, Indoor Air Pollution, Health Effects, Household Energy, LPG, Kerosene, GreenHouse Gases

Forests

Continuing the forest conservation debate: Rhetoric and reality of Green India Mission

The National Mission for a Green India proposal, released under the aegis of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, is a significant attempt to integrate the mechanism of ecosystem services in the overall framework of forest conservation in India. It suggests a series of strategies for improving the quality of forests and proposes reforms for strengthening joint forest management. This paper discusses the likely impact of these reforms on current forest use practice. It does so by analysing the various provisions of the mission and how they support or contradict ongoing forest uses.

Publication Date:

23/01/2016

Author(s): Sumana Datta

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

51

Issue:

4

pp:

49-55

Tags:

Forest Conservation, National Mission for Green India (GIM), Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Climate Mitigation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Bankura (D), West Bengal, Firewood, Minor Forest Produce, Livestock, Grazing Lands, Household Energy, LPG

Energy

Fossil fuel subsidy and pricing policies: recent Developing Country experience

The steep decline in the world oil price in the last quarter of 2014 slashed fuel price subsidies. Several governments responded by announcing that they would remove subsidies for one or more fuels and move to market-based pricing with full cost recovery.

Publication Date:

11/01/2016

Author(s): Masami Kojima

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, Fuel Pricing, Developing Countries, India, Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Diesel, Kerosene, LPG

Transport

Notification regarding Fuel Efficiency Norms

The Road Transport Highways Ministry has issued a draft notification specifying the design and shape of the star-rating stickers that will be placed on the windows of vehicles.

Publication Date:

07/01/2016

Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Tags:

Fuel Economy Labelling, Fuel Efficiency, Vehicles, India, Auto Industry, CNG, LPG

Air Pollution

Chulhas cooking up a toxic storm

Fossil-fuel burning for cooking purposes accounts for 12% of PM2.5 pollution in Delhi, traditional stoves produce soot that can cause asthma

Publication Date:

30/12/2015

Author(s): Damini Nath

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Chulhas (Cookstoves), PM 2.5, Health Effects, Kerosene, LPG, Firewood, Indoor Air Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Energy

Karnataka hamlet is India’s 1st smokeless village

GAURIBIDANUR (CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT): Until last month, Thimmakka had to blow her lungs out even to make a cup of coffee. And this had been her ritual for 40 years now. Not any more.

Publication Date:

04/12/2015

Author(s): Seetha Lakshmi

Source: Times Of India (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Chikkaballapur (D), LPG, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Chulhas (Cookstoves), Energy

Energy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Pricing of Petroleum Products, 02/12/2015

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Pricing of Petroleum Products, 02/12/2015. The total amount of subsidy/under recovery on petroleum products in 2014-15 and 2015-16 (April to September) is given at the Annexure I. The details of taxes being levied by Central Government during last year and current year are given at the Annexure II.

Publication Date:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Source: Rajya Sabha

pp:

Tags:

Petrol, Diesel, Fuel Pricing, Kerosene, LPG, India, Statistics, Parliament, Subsidies