Liquefied petroleum gas Current Affairs, GK & News
Kirit Parikh Committee to moderate gas prices
The Central Government has recently constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Kirit Parikh to control and reduce the continuous increase in LPG gas prices. Key Points A representative each from private companies involved in city gas distribution, public gas company GAIL India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation and the Ministry of Fertilizers has been included ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Kirit Parikh • Kirit Parikh committee • Liquefied petroleum gas • LPG • LPG consumption • LPG gas prices • Petroleum production
PM inaugurates Three Petroleum Sector Projects
Three key projects related to the Petroleum Sector in Bihar has been dedicated to the Nation by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conference on September 13, 2020. Key Highlights The three projects include- Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline Augmentation Project LPG Bottling Plants in East Champaran and LPG Bottling Plants in Banka. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: atmanirbhar Bihar • Liquefied petroleum gas • LPG Bottling plants • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas • Petroleum Sector in India
IOCL inks MoU with Oil Regulator of Ghana
To further strengthen the bilateral relationship between India and West African country, Ghana, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of Ghana on Wednesday, 22nd January 2020, under which IOCL will have the administrative assistance for commercial participation in the gas-rich petroleum sector ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Ghana • Indian Oil Corporation • Liquefied petroleum gas • Memorandum of understanding • National Petroleum Authority
Kirit Parikh committee to review existing marketing structure in LPG marketing in India
The Government of India (GoI) has recently constituted a 5-member committee to review existing marketing structure in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing in India. The committee, headed by economist Kirit Parikh, will look into issues related to definition or quality standards of LPG being marketed. Its terms of reference also include scope for liberalizing government ..
Topics: Liquefied petroleum gas • LPG • Petroleum production
Betul becomes first Solar Kitchen only village in India
Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh has become the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves and almost no use for LPG cylinders with all its 75 houses relying on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs. The team of IIT Mumbai has designed a special solar stove & now no trees ..
Topics: Betul • Liquefied petroleum gas • Stove • Stoves
Ujjwala Beneficiaries in Four States still use Earthen Stoves
A study from the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e) study on the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) makes the following observations: Most rural households with LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections still use chulhas with firewood or dung cakes which are the detriment of rural health. 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries in rural Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bihar • Liquefied petroleum gas • LPG • Madhya Pradesh • PMUY • Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna • r.i.c.e • Rajasthan • Research Institute for Compassionate Economics • Uttar Pradesh