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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicOil Ministry

Topic: Oil Ministry

Govt plans to mandate use of 1% sustainable aviation fuel for domestic airlines by 2025

The initiative is introduced in a bid to cut emissions from the sector, since India does not have policies governing sustainable aviation fuel yet.

India needs to ban diesel 4-wheelers by 2027 to combat air pollution, says oil ministry panel

Long-distance buses in India will have to be powered by electricity in the long-term, the panel said, adding that gas can be used as a transition fuel for 10-15 years.

India’s petrol, diesel demand posts first growth since February

Total petroleum demand rose 2.7% year-on-year in October, reaching 17.8 million tons. Road fuels reached pre-pandemic levels, but it was demand for naphtha that really soared.

India has given markets free rein on fuel price, but investors are wary as 2019 nears

Delhi has, so far, resisted the temptation to give relief to consumers and is keeping a close watch on its fiscal deficit goal.

India seeks ‘responsible’ OPEC decision as Vienna tensions mount

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan says the government believes that $55 to $60 a barrel is a reasonable price level for now.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.