Union Minister Pradhan inaugurates UBSS’s four-storied Arogya Bhawan

Cuttack, January 12: Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday inaugurated the new four-storied Arogya Bhawan (Patient Care and Help Center) of Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti (UBSS) at Olatpur under Kantapada block in Cuttack district on the occasion National Youth Day marking the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Built under […]

Continue Reading

CM, Dharmendra launch Bindusagar Lake Rejuvenation project

Bhubaneswar, January 9: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday jointly launched the Bindusagar Lake Rejuvenation initiative, a CSR project by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd here. Around Rs 70 lakh is being invested from the IndianOil Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for this initiative. […]

Continue Reading

One Nation One Gas Grid: PM Modi inaugurates Kochi-Mangaluru gas pipeline

New Delhi, January 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dedicated Kochi – Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline to the nation through a video conference. The event marks an important milestone towards the creation of ‘One Nation One Gas Grid’. Governors and Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Kerala, along with Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural […]

Continue Reading

PM Modi to dedicate Kochi-Mangaluru gas pipeline to nation on Jan 5

New Delhi, January 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Kochi-Mangaluru Natural Gas Pipeline to the nation on January 5 at 11 AM via video conferencing. The event marks an important milestone towards the creation of ‘One Nation One Gas Grid’. Governors and Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Kerala, along with Union Minister for […]

Continue Reading

New LPG connection, refill booking just a missed call away

Bhubaneswar, January 1: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday launched missed-call facility for Indane refill booking and for registering a new LPG connection through a single number – 8454955555. The facility for booking LPG refill by giving a missed-call on – 8454955555 – has been rolled out pan-India and […]

Continue Reading

Union Ministers review Talcher coal gasification & urea manufacturing projects

New Delhi, December 11: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi and MoS Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday reviewed the progress of coal gasification and urea manufacturing projects being executed by Talcher Fertilisers Ltd (TFL) via videoconferencing. “We discussed the challenges faced by TFL and also deliberated upon […]

Continue Reading

Union P&NG Minister Pradhan lays stone for CBG plant in Karnataka

New Delhi, November 27: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday laid the foundation stone of Leafiniti Bioenergy’s press mud-based compressed bio-gas (CBG) plant at Jamkhandi in Karnataka through video conference. The plant will produce CBG from sugarcane press-mud and pave the way for creation of a circular economy in […]

Continue Reading

Pradhan inaugurates Rs 220 crore Seismic Survey Campaign in Mahanadi Basin in Odisha

SesBhubaneswar, November 20: Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday inaugurated Rs 220 crore seismic survey campaign of Oil India Limited (OIL), India’s second largest National Exploration & Production Company, at Kakatpur in Puri District, Odisha in the Mahanadi Basin (Onland). Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said, ” Today’s […]

Continue Reading

1,000 LNG fuel stations to be established in next 3 years: Pradhan

New Delhi, November 19: We plan to have 1,000 LNG fuel stations will be established across all major highways, industrial corridors and mining sectors in next three years, said Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Thursday. The Minister was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony for India’s first-50 LNG fuel […]

Continue Reading

Rs 84.93 crore Central rebate boost for distressed power utility sector in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, September 25: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said that a rebate of Rs 84.93 crore offered by PSUs of Ministry of Power to DISCOMS in Odisha for power purchase during the lockdown period will provide much-needed relief to the distressed power utility sector in the State. In […]

Continue Reading