Oil price rise in India is way 'below' global price hikes: Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
World | October 08, 2022 11:56 ISTOil price rise in India: Puri is scheduled to meet energy business leaders in Houston on Saturday.
Oil price rise in India: Puri is scheduled to meet energy business leaders in Houston on Saturday.
Puri addressed 25th Energy Technology Meet, organized by Centre for High Technology, under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, Govt of India, in association with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd in Mumbai.
Hardeep Singh Puri said that the BJP-ruled states levy less VAT on petrol and diesel than the opposition ruled states.
Puri was in Gujarat to inaugurate the 3-day 'Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization' conference organised by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in association with Surat Smart City Corporation Development Ltd as part of the Centre's Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Participating a debate in Lok Sabha on the fuel price rise, Puri defended the Centre and said that price of petrol have been raised by Rs 9 over 12 or 13 days, whereas the international prices have shot up.
As Russian economy faces its worst since 1991, Moscow has urged India to increase its investments after sanctions over its oil-gas exports.
Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot flagged off Driverless Train Operations on Pink Line of Delhi Metro (Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) via video conferencing.
"How do you look at economic development, progress?... There has been record hike in capital expenditure. That is what is economic progress is," Hardeep Singh Puri said responding to the question on Gandhi's tweet of November 1 that cautioned against "pickpockets" as he charged the government of "profiteering" from record-high fuel tax and "fleecing" common man.
On Air India privatisation, minister Hardeep Puri said given the fact that both the bids were higher than the reserved price, only proved that Air India was a first-rate asset.
Hardeep Puri said that Kalam personified the ideals of diversity and cooperation, apart from having been one of India's leading defence scientists and spearheading our nation's missile programme, among many other achievements.
Stressing upon the need of a new Parliament building, the Union housing and urban affairs minister said that the current one is "unsafe" as when it had been constructed, it was in Seismic Zone II, but now that area lies in Seismic Zone IV.
Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that petrol prices in the country are not coming down as the states do not want to bring fuel under the ambit of the GST.
Speaking to the press after joining the BJP at the party's Delhi headquarters in the presence of Unionb Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Inderjeet Singh didn't mince words to attack the Congress.
The new purple metro line will run between Nayanda Halli to Kengeri metro stations.
After PM Modi expanded his Council of Ministers last month with a focus on inclusion of more women, OBCs and SCs, the saffron party had announced that the new ministers would undertake the yatra to reach out to people.
Referring to alleged reports of snooping of prominent citizens using Israeli Pegasus spyware, senior BJP leader and union minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday said that these kinds of stories are concocted, fabricated and have no evidence.
The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed activist Saket Gokhale to immediately delete alleged defamatory tweets against Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri.
The former Norwegian diplomat, politician and environment minister played a crucial role in 2018 as the UN Environment chief in convincing India to phase out single-use plastics by 2022, a major achievement in his crusade against plastic pollution.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday questioned the silence of self-styled champions of civil liberties over the issue of Twitter temporarily blocking the account of Union IT & Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying was this a way of celebrating the Emergency Anniversary.
Under the Act, for residential premises, tenants will have to submit a security deposit of maximum two months' rent, while in case of commercial property, 6 months rent will have to be deposited.
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