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New Delhi: India has embarked on an ambitious trajectory to amplify its existing 6% share of natural gas in the energy amalgam to a formidable 15% by 2030, as the government presses forward with a suite of comprehensive measures, said minister of state in the ministry of petroleum & natural gas, Rameswar Teli. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the minister said, "various steps have been taken by the government to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% in 2030 from about 6% currently." "These include expansion of National Gas Grid Pipeline, expansion of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network, setting up of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals, allocation of domestic gas to Compressed Natural Gas (Transport) / Piped Natural Gas (Domestic) CNG(T)/PNG(D) in no cut category, allowing marketing and pricing freedom to gas produced from high pressure/high temperature areas, deep water & ultra-deep water and from coal seams, Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiatives to promote Bio-CNG, etc," he added.

Narendra Modi on 10 August took a swipe at the Opposition saying they have a secret blessing and that good will happen with those for whom they wish bad. Replying on the no-confidence motion debate brought in by the Opposition, PM Modi said in Lok Sabha, "Opposition people have a secret blessing and that is good will happen with those for whom they wish bad." In his speech, PM Modi mentioned three blessings the Opposition has. The first example he mentioned is about himself who is in power for past 20 years.

Narendra Modi on 10 August while replying to the no-confidence motion debate in Lok Sabha said that NDA and BJP will come back in the 2024 elections with a grand victory. "In a way, Opposition's No Confidence has always been lucky for us.

no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, once again finds himself in the midst of controversy, this time due to an unconventional gesture that has sparked a storm of opinions. While his fiery speech during the ongoing debate garnered significant attention, it was his departure from the House that became the focal point.

Rahul Gandhi's alleged ‘flying kiss’ gesture, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi termed the gesture “affectionate". "I don't understand that when he was speaking, all the ministers were standing up. Ministers were creating obstructions.

₹60 per kg for a 1-kg pack and ₹55/kg for a 30kg pack to make pulses available to consumers at affordable prices, said Union minister of state for ministry of consumer affairs, food & public distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey. Bharat Dal is being distributed through retail outlets of NAFED, NCCF, Kendriya Bhandar and Safal.

Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that semiconductors worth Rs 1,29,703 crore were imported in 2022-23.

New Delhi: There is no proposal under consideration to change the retirement age of central government employees, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. Replying to a written question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said 122 officers have been given compulsory retirement under Rule 56 (j) during the last three years (2020-2023), including the current year.

Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel said a significant part of the India-Nepal trade is being carried out in Indian Rupee (INR) and all bilateral trade with Bhutan is also transacted entirely in INR. «Rupee trade mechanism has been initiated to facilitate trade in national currency with Russia. As of July 2, RBI has approved 34 applications from different Russian banks for opening SRVA in 14 Indian commercial banks,» the minister said in a written reply.

New Delhi: Domestic coal production rose 9.2% year-on-year up to July 2023, Union minister of coal and mines Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.In a written response to Lok Sabha, the minister outlined the government’s efforts to escalate indigenous coal production while curtailing non-essential imports. “As per the existing import policy, coal is kept under Open General License (OGL) and consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual agreement on payment of applicable duty. Most of the requirement of coal in the country is met through indigenous production.

Congress on Tuesday hit out at Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remark that the prime minister has directed ministers to visit the Northeast every 15 days, challenging him to furnish details of the visits of Union ministers to Manipur in the last 97 days. Intervening in the debate on the no-confidence motion against the government, Rijiju said, «When our government was formed, in the first cabinet meeting, (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji made a group and said that every 15 days, five cabinet ministers and seven ministers of state must tour the Northeast. It is still going on, all the ministers sitting here have toured the northeast.» «PM Modi has also given directives to officials to visit the Northeast and meet people.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been re-allotted the 12, Tughlaq Lane bungalow a day after his disqualification as Lok Sabha member was restored following a directive of the Supreme Court, officials said on Tuesday. The House Committee of the Lok Sabha has decided to allot the same bungalow he was asked to vacate after Gandhi was disqualified as member of the lower house on March 24 as a result of his conviction and a two-year jail term awarded to him for the 'Modi surname' remarks.

alliance plagued by mutual distrust’ He reiterated his call for corruption, and dynastic and appeasement politics to quit India. He described the opposition alliance as 'ghamandia' (marked by arrogance) and congratulated the party's Rajya Sabha members for the "semi-final" win in voting on the Delhi services bill. Modi, sources said, noted that some opposition members had described the voting in Rajya Sabha as a semi-final before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as he exuded confidence about the BJP's prospects in the national elections.

Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the no-confidence motion brought by the opposition is a reflection of mutual distrust among INDIA bloc parties as they want to test who is with their proposal and who is not, sources said. In his address to party MPs at the BJP parliamentary meeting, he described the opposition alliance as 'ghamandia' (marked by arrogance) and congratulated the party's Rajya Sabha members for the «semi-final» win in voting on the Delhi services bill. Modi, sources said, noted that some opposition members had described the voting in Rajya Sabha as a semi-final before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as he exuded confidence about the BJP's prospects in the national elections. The Delhi services bill secured parliamentary approval on Monday after the Rajya Sabha passed the contentious measure that will give the Centre control over bureaucracy in the national capital, with the BJP-led NDA thwarting opposition challenge in the keenly-watched numbers game. With the ruling party certain to defeat the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, where it enjoys a strong majority, Modi told party MPs hit «sixers» on the last ball before the 2024 polls. He also referred to his 2018 speech in which he had wryly wished to the Opposition to bring a no-confidence motion against his government in 2023.

TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Tuesday claimed that it has taken the rules of a no-confidence motion moved by the opposition to «drag» Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Lok Sabha. In a tweet, the TMC's Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha also urged the prime minister to come to the Upper House. «It's taken the rules of a no-confidence motion to finally drag the PM to the Lok Sabha,» he tweeted.

Tejasvi Surya on Monday said the reinstatement of Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership is a temporary relief to the Congress leader till the matter is finally settled. The Lok Sabha membership of Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction by a Gujarat court in a defamation case. Gandhi was accorded a warm welcome by Congress and other opposition MPs on his arrival in Parliament.

Editors Guild of India has raised concerns about the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, urging the Lok Sabha speaker to send the draft law to a Parliamentary Standing Committee so that some of the issues potentially having a “chilling effect on journalistic activity in the country” could be discussed. The Information Technology ministry has also been urged to reconsider the bill so that access to a free Press, essential to a vibrant democracy, isn’t curbed.

ANI that ‘though the Court stayed the conviction today, in the eyes of law he (Rahul Gandhi) is still a convict.’ A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha and Sanjay Kumar, while granting Gandhi the relief, said no reason was given by the trial court judge while convicting him except that he was admonished by the apex court in a contempt case. “...Today the Court stayed the conviction.

the debate on Delhi ordinance bill in Lok Sabha, the Union Home Minister made it clear that the central government has the power to make laws on Union territories and Delhi, being a Union Territory, the Centre enjoys full rights to make rules also. “Services have always been with the Central government. Supreme Court gave an interpretation...From 1993 to 2015 no Chief Minister fought.

Lok Sabha on Thursday suspended newly-elected AAP member Sushil Kumar Rinku for the remaining part of the Monsoon session for unruly behaviour in the House. As the Lok Sabha passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, Rinku came to the well of the house, tore some papers and threw them in the direction of Speaker Om Birla. After the Bill was passed, Birla objected to Rinku's conduct in the House and asked Parliametary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi to move a resolution for the AAP member's suspension.

New Delhi: In a testament to India’s growing significance in the global energy landscape, top-tier international energy giants have shown enthusiasm in participating in Phase II of the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) project, said minister of state in the ministry of petroleum & natural gas, Rameswar Teli. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the minister said, “During the two Road shows conducted, global trading companies like Trafigura, BP, SKE&C, Petrochina, GASP, Vopak, Geostock, Monnet, Hyundai, Gulf Energy, Natixis, Vitol, Glencore, DBS, KNOC, Lloyd’s Register, IC-Group, ANU Resources, Shell, Parson Brinkerhoff, Sweco AB, SKANSKA etc., evinced interest in participating in Phase II SPR project." The underground SPR storages, located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (1.33 MMT), Mangaluru (1.5MMT), and Padur, Karnataka (2.5 MMT), have a combined capacity of 5.33 million metric tonne (MMT) of crude oil.