Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has said the unprecedented obstruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the global economic progress had led the country to evaluate the robustness of its energy sector.

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has appealed to every citizen of the country to contribute in the making of a prosperous and self-reliant India.

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has called upon entrepreneurs to take advantage of the policy reforms brought in the energy sector.

Five public sector undertakings (PSUs) under Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas are all set to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA)’s Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action (ISA-CSCA) as corporate partners.

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has said that with the gradual revival in the economic activity in India, energy consumption is likely to reach pre-COVID-19 levels soon.

The oil & gas industry has kick-started projects, numbering 8,363 with an anticipated cost of Rs 5.88 trillion which resumed progressively since April 20 following all pandemic related standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Pradhan said that the Central Government had set a target of providing 100,000 such houses, but the industry should build many more steel-intensive, low-cost houses that can be emulated by others.

India is among one of the key producers and consumers of steel pipes and tubes in the Asia-Pacific region. Growth in various end-use industries, especially oil & gas and water, is expected to further propel the demand for these products. By DR. RAMESH CHANDRA MANSUKHANI

In an important development that is likely to have long-term ramifications for the world’s fifth-largest economy and the South Asian region, India and the US have announced new areas of research on transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, including carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).