Great Eastern Energy Corp (GEECL) took objection to the government's move to bring all forms of natural gas under the pricing regime suggested by the Rangarajan committee formula and approved by the cabinet recently. This essentially means that the coal bed methane (CBM) gas produced from coal seams would also come under the pricing formula suggested by the Rangarajan com
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Govt to raise steel capacity 3 fold by 2025
In the next eight weeks, union steel ministry would prepare a road map with time lines for attaining the government's target of trebling steel production capacity to 300 million tonne by 2025. Government aims to raise the production capacity of steel by three-fold in order to support manufacturing sector in the country
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Govt sticks to formula rather than any fixed price
Even as the union cabinet recently approved the hike in domestic natural gas price to $8.4 million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu) from April 2014, the government does not stick to any fixed price, some media reports indicate. According to these reports, the government has left the market condition to fix the price based on the formula proposed by the Rangarajan committee
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Department suggests cap on gas pricing under new regime
The department of expenditure of the union finance ministry suggested the oil ministry to fix a ceiling price for domestic natural gas under the Rangarajan formula. On June 27, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared the adoption of the Rangarajan pricing formula for domestic natural gas from April 2014. But while adopting this formula, the expenditure department suggested that gas producers should not be allow
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GAIL plant does not receive gas from KG-D6
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants of GAIL has reportedly stopped receiving natural gas from Reliance Industries' KG-D6 block because of falling output in the area. Supply to the plant was stopped because gas output at KG-D6 declined to just over 14 mmscmd which is enough to met the requirement of fertiliser plants. Fertiliser plants are given top priority in gas supplies
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OIL produced 3.7 mn t of crude oil in FY13
State-run oil and gas explorer Oil India (OIL) could produce only 3.701 million tonne of crude oil during 2012-13 compared to 3.884 million tonne in 2011-12 because of hostile work environment in Assam. The company was targeted to explore 3.95 million tonne in 2012-13, but it could not and the figure was this year's target. OIL posted a gross income of Rs 11,456.32 crore
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Govt to set up SPV for manufacturing advanced aircrafts
A High-Level Committee, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for development and production of a civilian aircraft, of a 70-100 seater range. According to the proposal, the proposed SPV would gain design capabilities from National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and other institutions in
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SC asks govt to reveal procedure adopted for block allocation
Union government was asked by the Supreme Court to explain the procedure and methodology adopted for the allocation of 164 coal blocks. The apex court asked the central government to submit an affidavit, along with supporting material, explaining the above details. The court passed this order after going through the status report submitted by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
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PM clears Rs 450 bn plan of steel ministry
At a recent meeting of the high-level committee on manufacturing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared
a Rs 45,000 crore investment plan of the steel ministry. Singh approved the investment proposal for ultra mega steel plants (UMSP) considering that the expanding infrastructure sector would raise demand for steel in the country. However, Planning Commission and the ministries of coal and mines objected to the approval given by the Prim
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SAIL to take a hit from rupee depreciation
Agency reports indicate that Steel Authority of India (SAIL) would take a hit of roughly around Rs 125-130 crore on an annual basis for every one rupee depreciation. But the falling price of the coking coal, a key input in steel-making, may reduce the impact of rupee depreciation on the finances of the company. SAIL requires to import around 10 million tonne of coking coal