The present under pricing of diesel will be removed progressively by mid-2015," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said in his address at India Energy Congress recently. Recently, oil marketing companies (OMCs) were allowed to charge market price for bulk diesel consumers. Also, for retail users of diesel, the gove
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NHB expects further easing of home prices
RV Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB) opined that the trend of easing prices of housing units may continue for some time. In the national capital region (NCR), he said, price correction has happened due to over supply. Some more correction may take place in the coming days
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Ministry agrees to release Rs 250 bn to state-run OMCs
Government agreed to release Rs 25,000 crore as compensation to state-run oil marketing companies - Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum-for selling diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene at subsidised prices. The finance ministry gave a comfort letter to the OMCs intimating its plan to release the amount. How
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Gujarat govt seeks gas at equal price
During his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi demanded provision of natural gas to the state at the same rate as places like Delhi and Mumbai. Both the Gujarat government and the central government are locked in a legal battle on allocation of natu
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Crude oil price rises on strong economic data
International crude oil price rose marginally in recent trading sessions on the back of positive economic data from the US and the Europe. Recent data from the US shows rebound in its serv
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Morgan Stanley upgrades ratings on oil firms
Following the centre's move towards deregulating diesel prices, financial services firm Morgan Stanley upgraded the ratings on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) to 'overweight' from 'equalweight'. On January 17, the central government allowed state-owned oil firms to raise prices in small measures every mon
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Petrofed warns against shifting to export parity pricing
The Petroleum Federation of India (Petrofed), an apex body of entities in hydrocarbon sector, warned the union finance ministry against its proposed norm for calculation of under-recoveries of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs). Recently, the finance ministry proposed that the export parity price should be considered for calculating under-recoveries of OMCs instead of the present trade parit
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NMDC decides not to hike iron ore price for Feb
Anticipating decline in demand, National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC) decided not to raise price of iron ore and maintain it at Rs 5,060 ($95.01) per tonne for lumps, and Rs 2,610 per tonne for fines for February. It may be recalled that the country's biggest iron ore producer reduced prices by up to 6 per cent last month. It is lea
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AIFI seeks govt support to become more competitive
Association of Indian Forging Industry (AIFI) requested the government to support the sector and enable firms to compete effectively in the global markets. Among other things, the industry body asked the government to promote value added products and ban export of higher grade iron
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OMC rejects plea of local steel firms on lower price
Despite getting demands from steel makers in the state, Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) does not want to sell iron ore to them at a lower rate. OMC does not want to get into any controversy on the lines of the NMDC case by selling iron ore at a concessional rate to steel makers in Odisha