NEW DELHI : As many as 100 big ticket infrastructure projects of different ministries worth Rs 5.89 lakh crore have been recommended for approval under the PM Gati Shakti initiative so far this fiscal, a senior official said on Monday. These projects have been recommended by the Network Planning Group (NPG) constituted under the PM […]

In Mohali, refineries are making methanol using bamboo, and I have advised them to supply 20 per cent ethanol blended fuel to countries like Bangladesh, which can in turn give a big boost to bamboo cultivation in the North East region…” THE GOVERNMENT IS open to fostering multiple technologies when it comes to new and […]

GAIL, India’s largest natural gas provider, has reached the final stages of a deal to purchase liquified natural gas (LNG) from Qatar, industry experts told Reuters on 6 August. The agreement entails that GAIL, which is 56 percent owned by the Indian government, would acquire 1 million metric tonnes of LNG per year from Qatar. According to three […]

The minister highlighted that the blending of ethanol with petrol has increased to 10 per cent in 2021-22 marketing year from just 1.53 per cent in 2013-14 on the back of efforts made by farmers and industry, aided by favourable government policies. He said the supply of ethanol to oil marketing companies (OMCs) increased to […]