New Educational Policy aims to assimilate ancient with modern: Dharmendra Pradhan
MANGALURU: The new national educational policy (NEP) is the philosophical document of the 21st century that aims to assimilate ancient with the modern, said Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday. Addressing the 20th convocation of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) here, he said the Union government aims to […]
Indian Oil Corp, IDCO sign MoU for Paradip Plastic Park in Odisha
NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) today signed an agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to developParadip Plastic Park. The MoU was signed on a hybrid mode, in the presence of Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan, Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of […]
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India inks pact with Odisha to set up steel plant; Pradhan congratulates ArcelorMittal
NEW DELHI: Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) on Thursday inked an agreement with the Odisha government for setting up a 12 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) greenfield integrated steel plant in Kendrapada district with an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, officials said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal were […]
Gas-based economy is the need of the hour for India: Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the LPG import terminal, 348 km Dobhi – Durgapur Natural Gas Pipeline section, which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project. He also laid the foundation stone of the second Catalytic-Isodewaxing unit of Haldia Refinery and dedicated to the nation the 4 […]
Odisha Chief Minister emphasises on mineral reforms to ensure uninterrupted ore supply
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday emphasised on further mineral reforms to ensure uninterrupted supply of ore to industries and safeguarding the employment and state revenues. The Chief Minister discussed this with Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi and Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior officials over video conference. Odisha has […]
Goa Chief Minister meets Union ministers over mining issue
PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi in Delhi and discussed the issue of resumption of iron ore mining in the coastal state. Minister for Petroleum and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Goa Advocate General Devidas Pangam were also present […]
Dharmendra Pradhan invites investors to join India’s renewable energy journey
NEW DELHI: India’s Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan hasinvited investors, developers and businesses to be a part of India’s renewable energy journey, assuring them that it will be a highly rewarding and mutually beneficial venture. In the Valedictory Address at the 3rd RE-INVEST 2020 today, he said that India is progressively becoming […]
Dharmendra Pradhan lays foundation stone for CBG plant in Bagalkot district of Karnataka
NEW DELHI:India’s Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today laid the foundation stone for the Leafiniti Bioenergy’s CBG plant in Bagalkot district of Karnataka,through video conference. This plant will utilize 200 TPD of press mud and will be commissioned at the estimated cost of about 42 crores. This will generate about 10.2 […]
About Rs. 2 lakh crore to be invested for setting up 5000 Compressed bio-gas in India
NEW DELHI: To boost availability of affordable and clean transport fuels, a MoU was signed today between MoPNG and leading oil & gas marketing companies & technology providers to establish Compressed Bio-Gas CBG) plants across India under the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative, in the presence of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel […]
Dharmendra Pradhan invites global oil and gas and other energy majors to partner India
NEW DELHI:India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has invited the global industry and experts to become partners in India’s shared prosperity by enhancing India’s production of all forms of energy. Speaking at the concluding Session of CERA Week India Energy Forum last evening he said that inauguration of India Energy Forum […]
Narendra Modi reviews oil, gas production profile of ONGC, OIL
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Friday reviewed the oil and gas production profile of state-owned ONGC and OIL over the near to medium term to assess how his target to cut oil imports by 10 per cent would be met. Sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said Oil and […]