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Govt bans natural gas, coal-bed methane producers from buying own produce

The government on October 15 notified the Natural Gas Marketing Reforms that give producers the freedom to discover the market price of gas through a standard e-bidding process

India's September fuel demand declines about 4.4% to 15.47 mn tonnes

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, rose by 3.3% from a year earlier to 2.45 million tonnes

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan tests Covid positive, admitted to Medanta

In a tweet, Pradhan said he has been admitted to hospital after testing positive of Covid-19

Oil Ministry justifies LPG price hike, blames international market prices

It also said domestic consumers have been largely insulated from the hike by way of the large increase in subsidy

Oil ministry seeks nod to split GAIL; pipeline business may be sold later

Sources said to resolve the conflict arising out of the same entity owning the two jobs, bifurcating GAIL is being considered

Budget 2020: Oil ministry calls for inclusion of natural gas under GST

If brought under GST, natural gas will attract a uniform rate of tax at the consumption point anywhere in the country after doing away with current rates of excise duty and VAT

ONGC gets all 7 oil, gas blocks in latest bid, adds 18,510 sq km of area

ONGC signed contracts for the seven blocks at an event where Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other ministry officials were also present

India's fuel consumption grew 10.5% in November: Oil Ministry data

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 9.2 percent higher from a year earlier at 2.53 million tonnes.

Oil ministry wants more funds to get Ujjwala scheme back on track

Currently, there are 24,127 LPG distributors in India.

India to invest $60 bn in developing gas supply, distribution: Oil minister

The government is giving special impetus to develop gas infrastructure across the length and breadth of the country connecting north to south and east to west parts of India, he said.

Oil ministry intensifies monitoring of ONGC, OIL fields to avoid slippages

Slippages would derail the Ministry's target of cutting import reliance by 10% by 2022

Oil Ministry orders charging market price for gas for non-urea use

Ministry has asked GAIL to charge a rate equivalent to price of imported LNG for regulated domestic gas