The story so far: The Finance Ministry has withdrawn a customs duty hike on imported laboratory chemicals, which was proposed post the Budget, after scientists raised a furore. However, there isn’t enough of local demand among Indian research institutions for companies to make the substantial capital investments required to produce niche chemicals, Dr. Vinod Scaria, a biologist, told The Hindu. …
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he would issue an order in the next three to four months making it mandatory for the carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles. "I am going to issue an order in the next three to four months, in which carmakers - from BMW, Mercedes to TATA and Mahindra - will be asked …
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways provided another impetus for alternative fuel as he today announced that he will be issuing an order mandating all vehicle manufacturers to power vehicles with flex engines. “In the next 3 to 4 months, I will be issuing an order, mandating all vehicle manufacturers to power vehicles with flex engines", he said. Gadkari …
The principal bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and public sector oil companies while responding to a PIL seeking a reduction in fuel prices, with the petitioner claiming that consumers have to pay high levies for mixing of ethanol in petrol and diesel. The petitioner Manish Sharma, …
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