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Despite opposition, Cabinet approves gas price increase [1]

Prices could double by 2014 leading to hike in power tariff and fertilizer cost

Despite opposition from within the Cabinet and outside, the Manmohan Singh government on Thursday approved a doubling of natural gas prices from the present $4.2 mbtu to $8.4 mbtu from April 1, 2014.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2013
Sujay Mehdudia [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
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Natural Gas [4], Fuel Pricing [5], CNG [6], Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas [7], Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) [8], Subsidies [9], Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) [10], Oil India [11], Chemical Fertilisers [12], Electricity [13], Energy [14]
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