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Centre happy to bring fuel under GST, states unwilling: Hardeep Puri

The Union Minister hit out at the Opposition-ruled states for their criticism over the fuel taxes and said that the BJP-ruled states charge half the VAT amount than the non-BJP states

Centre asks state-run companies to consider buying Russian oil assets

Oil ministry also asked OVL, the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, to consider buying a 30% stake held by Exxon Mobile Corp, in the Sakhalin 1 project in Russia's Far East

India keen to boost oil imports from Brazil: Hardeep Singh Puri

India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, is looking at boosting oil purchases from Brazil, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said

All 100 smart cities to get integrated command-control centre by Aug 15

Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said that 80 out of the 100 Smart Cities in the country have Integrated Command and Control Centres

India on its way to becoming global energy superpower: Hardeep Singh Puri

"Global energy superpower means we will set the pace for global consumption, becoming a significant producer by way of exploration and production of different sources of energy," he added

Petrol prices up by only 5% as against 50% in developed nations: Puri in LS

Puri also pointed out that the price of natural gas has shot up several times in the international market after the outbreak of the war

'India's import of Russia oil less than 1% of total; share from US to rise'

In the financial year 2020-21 (April 2020 to March 2021), India imported 14 million tonnes of crude from the United States, representing 7.3 per cent of total imports

Crude oil import from Russia miniscule, says Oil Min Hardeep Singh Puri

Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday allayed fears of short supply of crude oil amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said that crude oil imports from Russia are miniscule at just 0.2 per cent of total such imports till January this fiscal. "About the increased oil import concerns...we require total of five million barrels per day. Sixty per cent of it comes from Gulf. We have imported from Russia, just 0.419 million metric tonnes...that is 0.2 per cent of total requirement (during April-January this fiscal)," Puri said in the Rajya Sabha while replying to a supplementary to a starred question. "We are monitoring the situation. As far as oil imports are concerned from Russia, contrary to what played up in media, it is miniscule," the minister said. According to the written reply tabled in the House, in financial year 2020-21, India imported 85 per cent of its crude oil requirements and 54 per cent of its natural gas requirement. According to Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell .

Puri slams Rahul Gandhi for 'tank-up' comment, says sales went up 20%

Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his comments asking consumers to tank up in preparation for an imminent hike in petrol and diesel prices

Nine states have not reduced VAT on petrol, diesel: Hardeep Puri in RS

The minister also informed the house that fuel prices have gone up by over 50% in many countries but have remained stable and risen by a mere 5% in India during the pandemic

4 buses on their way to Poltava to evacuate Indians in Sumy: Hardeep Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Puri who is in Hungary to oversee evacuation, said that 4 buses with a capacity of 50 each are on their way to Poltava in order to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine's Sumy

Ukraine: Puri, V K Singh, Rijiju leave for Europe to oversee evacuations

Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Gen VK Singh (Retd) on Tuesday flew to Budapest and Warsaw respectively to oversee the evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine

PM Gati Shakti to transform infrastructure & logistics: Hardeep Sigh Puri

Puri said that he was happy that his ministry was the coordinating agency for this meeting which was aimed to integrate infrastructural planning and development

4 ministers to visit Ukraine's neighbours to arrange Indians' evacuation

Scindia to go to Romania, Rijiju to Slovakia for evacuation of Indians, Puri to Hungary

4 ministers to visit Ukraine's neighbours to arrange Indians' evacuation

Centre on Monday decided that ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V K Singh will travel to Ukraine's neighbouring countries to coordinate the evacuation, govt sources said

Bhagwant Mann, Sidhu have brighter future in comedy: Minister Hardeep Puri

AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu have "brighter future" in comedy, said Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday ahead of Punjab polls.

Fuel prices come under pressure as Brent crude climbs to $92 a barrel

While India has been reaching out to oil producing nations to raise crude oil and temper the runaway prices, but these efforts have largely been unfruitful

India to double down on oil, gas exploration: Hardeep Singh Puri

The world's third-largest energy consumer will continue to rely on hydrocarbons to meet its growing energy needs in the foreseeable future, he said

Rain last week cost Central Vista project a day or two, not more: Puri

On January 8, Delhi had recorded its highest rainfall in a day for January in over 20 years

J&K metro rail projects in final stage of approval: Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said the proposals for metro rail projects in Jammu and Srinagar cities are in final stage of approval from the Public Investment Board. Addressing Jammu & Kashmir Real Estate Summit here, Puri urged the UT government to organise an annual summit like World Economic Forum at Davos, in J&K and assured full support from the Centre. The minister highlighted that metro projects will soon be a reality in J&K. "Metro projects are in final stage of PIB approval," Puri said. He further said the Centre would consider the demand to extend the metro projects to the proposed AIIMS hospital outside Jammu. He complimented the J&K government for implementing the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) law and also Model Tenancy Act, circulated by the Centre to all states and UTs. He also praised the UT government for implementation of Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) under which nearly 13,000 houses have been .