Tag: LPG
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LPG brand Indane ‘leaking Aadhaar numbers of users’, claims researcher
The French researcher found 5.8 million Indane customer records before his script was blocked.
February 19, 2019 -
Auto roadmap
There is a certain heart-rending dimension to the long-delayed blueprint for auto-rickshaw operators in Kolkata, the Durgapur-Asansol region, and the Siliguri-Jalpaiguri belt. The revamped mode of operation, scheduled to come into force from September 1, has been formulated by West Bengal’s transport department after a baby was recently thrown off its mother’s arms onto the …
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August 31, 2018 -
BJD lashes out at Centre’s LPG scheme
The much-touted Ujjwala Yojana scheme of the Modi government is not as big as the hoardings put up at every fuel station across the state as lakhs of beneficiaries are not using LPG after the first cylinder is exhausted, charged the ruling BJD here on Saturday. Year on year the number of beneficiaries availing a …
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August 5, 2018 -
Pradhan hits out at those protesting against LPG price hike
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the subsidy amount now is Rs 204 as against Rs 154 last month
June 1, 2018 -
Ujjwala Yojana has become symbol of progress: PM Modi
Nearly 10 crore new LPG connections have been issued in four years since 2014, as compared to 13 crore in the nearly six-decade period from 1955 to 2014.
May 28, 2018 -
LPG penetration in Odisha has reached to 58.55 pc: Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan said that the government has set a target of providing gas connections to 80.0 lakh household by the end of December 2018.
May 7, 2018 -
Uttarkanya security up as CM Mamata Banerjee leaves Siliguri
Aday after a major breach in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s security in North Dinajpur, police on Friday tightened vigil at the three-point crossing that connects the main entrance of Uttarkanya with Asian Highway-II. Common, including students, who came from some remotest villages across north Bengal to submit testimonials at the CM’s office (CMO) for scholarship …
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February 24, 2018 -
NGT dismisses petition against Kochi LPG terminal
The Chennai bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday dismissed the application of the LPG Virudha Samara Samithi against Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) Puthuvypeen, Kochi LPG Import Terminal, said the IOC. The IOC in a statement issued in Kochi on Friday said the leaders of the Samara Samithi (Protest Group), wanted the tribunal …
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December 22, 2017 -
Subsidised LPG hiked Rs 4.50/cylinder, non-subsidised Rs 93
Continuing to cut down the subsidy on cooking gas, state-run oil firms hiked LPG cylinder’s price by Rs 4.50 per cylinder, while the non-subsidised rates went up by a steeper Rs 93 per cylinder, effective from Wednesday. While the 14.2 kg domestic subsidised cylinder in Delhi now costs Rs 495.69, the non-subsidised one, which the …
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November 2, 2017 -
LPG blast: Two killed, five injured in Aligarh
Two persons were killed and five others injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion in Aligarh town of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said. Many houses in the vicinity were damaged following the explosion in a house in Beema Nagar locality. Senior district and police officials rushed to the spot to oversee rescue operations …
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September 8, 2017 -
Government extends deadline to get Aadhaar for free LPG
The government has extended till September-end the time by which poor women wishing to avail of free cooking gas (LPG) connections must apply for the unique 12-digit biometric identification number Aadhaar. The government had in March this year mandated that anyone not having Aadhaar but desirous of availing free LPG connection under the Pradhan Mantri …
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August 5, 2017 -
PM expresses happiness on Ujjwala Yojana’s success
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July expressed happiness at the number of beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana crossing 2.5 crore and also thanked President Pranab Mukherjee for handing over LPG connections to beneficiaries in West Bengal. "Ujjwala Yojana continues to expand its reach! Extremely delighted that today the number of beneficiaries crossed 2.5 crore," he …
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July 16, 2017 -
GST: Domestic LPG gets costlier, commercial LPG is cheaper
With all grades of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) coming under GST, consumers in India will be paying more from this month for their cooking gas cylinders. While petroleum is not under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that rolled out from July 1, the central government clarified that day that both domestic and commercial liquefied …
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July 3, 2017 -
No LPG connection in 6 northeast states till May; 4.3 million in UP: RTI
In six out of eight northeastern states, the Modi government failed to provide even a single LPG connection under its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). The Yojana is an initiative on whose success the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rode to power in Uttar Pradesh, having provided over 4.3 million connections in the state …
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July 3, 2017 -
Over 82% LPG coverage in 2017-18, 95% by 2018-19: Official
After increasing the LPG coverage by oil marketing companies (OMCs) to 72.84 per cent in the last fiscal, the Petroleum Ministry plans to increase it to over 82 per cent by the current fiscal's end and over 95 per cent by 2018-19, an official said on 8 May. "The all India LPG coverage by OMCs …
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May 9, 2017 -
PMUY scheme: 10 things to know about Ujjwala Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) successfully provided LPG connections to over 2 crore Below Poverty Line (BPL) and 1.5 crore Above Poverty Line (APL) families in the financial year 2016-17. Since its launch on 1 May 2016, PMUY has registered 72.84 per cent LPG coverage against 61.9 per cent the previous year. As of 1 …
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May 7, 2017 -
Govt looks to pump Rs.30k cr in LPG production, distribution
The government is eyeing close to Rs.30,000-crore investment for expansion of LPG production and distribution network in next three years as it widens cooking gas coverage by giving out a record number of connections. A record 3.45 crore LPG connections were given during the fiscal ended March 31, 2017, including 2.2 crore free connections to …
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May 5, 2017