Shaktimaan in Assam

Giving a major relief to the cash-starved state, public sector oil companies Oil India Ltd and ONGC Ltd made a payment last week to the government of Assam, towards differential royalty for a certain period on pre-discount price. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the natural resources of a place belonged to the people living there and, hence, it was only fair that full royalty should be paid to Assam for the oil explored there. State finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was quick to show his gratitude. "Mr Sarraf (Dinesh Sarraf, chairman, ONGC) is our Shaktimaan (fictional Indian superhero from the television series of the same name). Aap iss shakti ka istemal kar dijiye aur Assam se aur oil produce kar dijiye (use your powers to produce more oil from Assam), so that we get more money."