NEW DELHI: The central government s Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and its Adjoining Areas has been shut down within five months of its constitution.
The commission, which was established by the Centre in October last year, has shut down due to lapsing of the ordinance under which it was set up.
Speaking to PTI, Union Environment Secretary R P Gupta said the since ordinance was not introduced in Parliament within six weeks of its convention, it has lapsed and consequently, the commission also stands shut. The ordinance never became an Act. Any ordinance has to be introduced within six weeks of convening of Parliament. It did not happen so the ordinance is lapsed, hence the commission is dissolved,” Gupta said.
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LPG consumption amongst PMUY customers surge 23.2 pc despite price rise: IOC ANI | Updated: Mar 11, 2021 06:31 IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders consumption has improved amongst Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) customers despite the recent price rise in LPG prices, said Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Wednesday.
According to IOCL a surge of 23.2 per cent in LPG consumption was noted in the initial quarter of this fiscal, which was attributed to the three free LPG refills given to the PMUY beneficiaries.
IOCL noted that improvement in the overall LPG consumption has continued for the three-month period December 2020 to February 2021 and has registered a growth of 7.3 per cent for all domestic LPG customers (PMUY+non-PMUY).
Odisha: India s First Fully Operational Plastic Park To Be Set Up In Paradip
MOU Virtual Meet
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) on Tuesday (9 March) signed an agreement and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop Paradeep Plastic Park.
It will be the first fully operational plastic park in India.
The MOU was signed virtual in presence of in the presence of Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik and officials from Paradeep refinery among others, the press release by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas stated.
IEX offloads stake in IGX to NSE, ONGC
March 10, 2021
× The Indian Energy Exchange has divested 26 per cent of its equity holding in the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) to NSE through its wholly-owned subsidiary NSE Investments.
It has also sold 5 per cent equity holding to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), a Maharatna Central public sector undertaking. IGX became India’s first gas exchange after it secured authorisation from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board last December 2.
Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said the government is committed to building a sustainable energy economy wherein clean energy sources such as gas have a key role to play.