Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for development of integrated waste-to-energy facilities at NDMC’s landfill site at Ranikhera in Narela, New Delhi. The...

In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to increase the use of renewable energy and making India Atmanirbhar, two projects supported by Energy Maharatna ONGC for the welfare of people in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh were launched by Minister...

Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, in an event in Bhubaneswar, today launched Missed Call Facility for LPG consumers, a major step towards government’s efforts to boost ease of living. Indian Oil LPG customers can use single...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today interacted with Stanford Alumni Group on “The Future of Energy in India.”Shri Pradhan said that India’s developmental stage engenders a rapid expansion of energy consumption and...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today addressed a webinar on “CA: The Catalyst—learning, unlearning and relearning” at VSM series organized by Rourkela, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda branch of ICAI.Shri Minister Pradhan while speaking...

Bolstering efforts to meet one of the vital essentials- the energy need for AtmaNirbhar Bharat, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel today dedicated the Bengal Basin, the 8th producing basin of India, to the nation.Shri Dharmendra...

Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today visited SAIL’s IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) and Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) situated in Burnpur and Durgapur at West Bengal. During his visit, Shri Pradhan reviewed the performance of both...

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that on the energy front, we are developing a clear roadmap of Aatma Nirbhar Urja for Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. Addressing the ASSOCHAM Foundation Week 2020 today on “Energy Transition...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has made Swachhta a Jan Andolan which is drawing wide participation from society, urban and rural areas alike. He was speaking at the awards...

Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda had a meeting with Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan yesterday to explore convergences to drive tribal empowerment. Managing Director, TRIFED Shri Pravir Krishna was also present in...

Union Minister of Steel and Petroleum and Natural Gas  Dharmendra Pradhan today held a meeting with Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister of Mines, Coal and Parliament Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi.Discussions centredaround resolving...

In a move that can be a potential game-changer in the petroleum fuel retail market in India, IndianOil has launched world-class premium grade Petrol (Octane 100) in the country today. Branded as XP100, the premium grade petrol was launched across ten cities...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated& dedicated to the Nation MNGL’s 5 stations through Video Conference, which takes the company’s CNG stations to one hundred. The Minister also inaugurated the commencement...

The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan hasinvited investors, developers and businesses to be a part of India’s renewable energy journey, assuring  them that it will be a highly rewarding and mutually beneficial venture....

Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel  Dharmendra Pradhan today laid the foundation stone for the Leafiniti Bioenergy’s CBG plant in Bagalkot district of Karnataka,through video conference. This plant will utilize 200 TPD of press mud and will...

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel today laid the foundation stone for the first 50 LNG fueling stations, across the golden quadrilateral and major National Highways.This is part of a slew of initiatives of the Ministry of Petroleum...

Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ is about transforming India from being just a passive market to an active manufacturing hub at the heart of global value chains. Addressing...

Union Minister of Steel & Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that Mining is one of the key sectors where a large number of policy reforms have been undertaken in the last 6 years, bringing about a paradigm shift. Speaking at the...

In what seems to be a subtle dig aimed at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik without naming him, BJP President J.P. Nadda on Tuesday highlighted the differences between 'parties run from home' and 'parties run from party offices', while inaugurating new...

Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, inaugurated IndianOil's compact reformer plant and launched the much-awaited trial run of Delhi's buses on Hydrogen-blended CNG (HCNG) here  today at the Rajghat Bus Depot-I of DTC....

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said an aid package of Rs 22,267.66 crore has been allocated as central assistance to Odisha to combat the Covid-19 pandemic."A support of over Rs 22,267 crore to Odisha touching every cross-section of...

The Minister of Steel & Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has appealed to Steel industry leaders to work with transparent policies and generate employment opportunities to strengthen the country in making Atmanirbhar. He further stated...

In a big reform initiative, the government on Wednesday decided to put domestically produced gas under a standard price discovery mechanism to help scale up local production from fields of ONGC, OIL, Reliance and Vedanta and help create a uniform gas market.Accordingly,...

Bringing in reforms in natural gas marketing, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a standardised bidding process for gas prices.Briefing the media after the meeting, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons...

Expanding the reach of environment friendly Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in various areas, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today dedicated 42 CNG stations and 3 City Gate Stations of Torrent Gas to the service of the community....

Ministry of Tourism celebrated World Tourism Day today through virtual platform. Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan was the chief guest of the event, Union Minister of Tourism and Culture (I/C) Prahlad Singh Patel also...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today dedicated to the nation 56 CNG stations. These CNG stations are in 13 states and one UT-Chandigarh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan today participated in the USISPF- 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on the theme of “Navigating New Challenges.”Minister Pradhan talked about the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today, along with Union Minister of Education,Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation stone for academic block, library and staff quarters at Central University of Odisha (CUO) in Koraput.Shri...

Minister of Steel and Petroleum and Natural Gas  Dharmendra Pradhan today addressed a webinar on “Working in Covid-19 times”, organised by the Ministry of Steel. Speaking on the occasion, Minister Pradhan said that as the nation unlocks and people get back...

International Energy Agency (IEA) and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India, today organized a joint webinar on “Building a Natural Gas-Based Economy in India Amidst a Changing Global Gas Market Landscape”. The Workshop, inaugurated in the presence of Minister...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan witnessed on Tuesday the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between IOC Middle East FZE,asubsidiary of IndianOil based in Dubai and RR Holdings Ltd. of Beximco Group, in the presence...

A MoU was signed today on Waste to Energy plant at Okhla, Delhi, between Indian Oil, NTPC Ltd and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). The ceremony was witnessed by the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Shri...

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas today chaireda webinar on “IspatiIrada: Enhancing steel usage with focus on construction and infrastructure sectors”. Minister of State for Steel Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Secretary, Steel,...

Minister of Steel & Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated “Continuous Galvanized Rebar” Production Facility set up by Madhav Alloys in Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab.Speaking on the occassion, Minister Pradhan said, “Steel in general, and...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas &Steel Dharmendra Pradhan, along with the Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal, today laid the foundation stone of Indian Oil’s state-of-the-art Technology Development & Deployment Centre as its second R&D...

V P Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab-cum-Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, alongwith the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated Battery Swapping FacilityQuick Interchange Service (QIS) at Chandigarh.Shri...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan along with the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated a Product Application & Development Centre (PADC) setup by Indian Oil at Paradip, through video conference.PADC has...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today interacted with over 1500 PMUY beneficiaries, Gas distributors and OMC Officers across the country, through the webinar.Shri Pradhan said that Pradhan Mantri UjjawalaYojana (PMUY)...

Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister  Dharmendra Pradhan has called upon all the stakeholders in the LPG cylinder supply chain to work diligently and in a systematic  manner to speedily increase the delivery of free Refills to PMUY beneficiaries....

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel  Dharmendra Pradhan interacted with over 1000 LPG distributors from across the country through video conferencing on Tuesday evening.While lauding their good work in ensuring doorstep delivery of LPG cylinders...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel ShriDharmendraPradhan today interacted with hundreds of District Nodal Officers (DNOs) of Oil Marketing Companies, to assess the distribution of LPG cylinders in districts, following the Covid-19 and...

Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has been one of the biggest achievements towards women empowerment in independent India. Speaking at a workshop here today on PMUY, he said...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Minister Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan at New Delhi today.He discussed various issues pertaining to the state with the Union Minister. He said that Public Sector Undertakings can be motivated to invest...

Union Minister of  Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the workshop on “Enabling Procedures for Increase of Steel Usage for the Growth of Economy” at Bhubaneswar today. This workshop was organised by Ministry...

Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today met Chief Minister, Odisha Naveen Patnaik, along with H.E. Ambassador of Japan to India, Mr. Satoshi Suzuki, in Bhubaneswar. Avenues for collaboration, particularly in the steel sector were...

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has described the Summit level meeting between the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the US President Mr Donald Trump as a momentous occasion for India-US bilateral relations. Speaking...

Union Minister for Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, participated in a workshop on ‘Enabling Procedures for increase of steel usage for the growth of Economy’ here today. The aim of the workshop wasto hold deliberations among key...

Union Minister for Steeland Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan visited the Rajharamines of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) today on the second day of his Bhilai visit. He was accompanied by Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Shri Anil Kumar...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today held a preparatory meeting with senior officials from the ministry and public sector undertakings. He reviewed the preparations and instructed officials to accelerate the efforts, in wake...

Union Minister for Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the “Indian Steel: Fostering Steel Usage in Railways & Defence Sectors” organised by the Ministry of Steel in association with Confederation of Indian Industry,...

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has said that future of India’s energy sector will be noticeably different from its current avatar, to be driven by new technology and business models. In his inaugural address at the 10th World...

The Vice President Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today asked the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan to expedite all petroleum projects at various stages of implementation in Andhra Pradesh. The Union Minister assured...

The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mr Igor Sechin, CEOand Chairman of Rosneft, held the bilateral meeting here today. Both leaders also witnessed the signing of the first-ever Term Contract between IOCL and Rosneft...

The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dhamendra Pradhan has said that India will continue to lead the global sustainable energy agenda. Delivering the key note address at the TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 on ‘Energy Future...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dhamendra Pradhan has called upon all the stakeholders to contribute positively in transforming India into a gas based economy.  Presiding over the national conclave on emerging opportunities in the natural gas sector...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel  Dharmendra Pradhan today launched a scheme of SAIL to promote Voluntary Philanthropist Activities (VPA) by its employees.    The scheme called “SAIL Employee Rendering Voluntarism and Initiatives...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today interacted with a delegation from Russian media.  Speaking to the delegation, Shri Pradhan said, “2019 was a landmark year which boosted the bilateral relations between India and Russia...

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today flagged off 3121st Bulk LPG Tanker Truck and participated in the Special National Vendor Development Program on Petroleum & Steel sectors for SC/ST Entrepreneurs, organised...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel  Dharmendra Pradhan today launched PURVODAYA: Accelerated development of eastern India through integrated steel hub in Kolkata, West Bengal.Shri Pradhan speaking on the occasion said “Whether it is our freedom...