Between the lines

lpg, touted as the cleanest fuel option, is responsible for the release of high levels of nitrogen oxides and suspended particulate matter

Talk technology, not subsidies, to benefit the poor

No Aadhaar, no LPG subsidy

Gas cylinder subsidy will be transferred only to those consumers who get their Aadhar number linked to LPG consumer number, insists petroleum …

A lot of gas!

LPG is a long way from being used as a fuel in automobiles

Trouble in the air

Strikes and protests greet the Nepal government's decision to ban polluting vehicles

Gasping for GAS

In the absence of a government policy on the use liquefied petroleum gas for automobiles, the illegal market is flourishing where safety norms …

2-stroke defiance

Chulhas vs LPG: Which is the cleaner fuel?

Five experts debate the economics, science, efficiency and effects on women's health...

Killing the high-end killer

Fuelling a crisis

A recent, innocuous check-and-tally exercise by the Delhi administration unearthed a giant racket diverting to the transport sector heavily-…

Aadhaar-based LPG subsidy put on hold

Cap on subsidised cylinders raised to 12 per year

क्या धुएं में उड़ रही है उज्ज्वला योजना

उज्ज्वला योजना के तहत दिए गए गैस कनेक्शन में रिफिलिंग के लिए आने वाली महिलाओं की संख्या बेहद कम है

Staying legal, staying reasonable

A law can be effective only if it's reasonable

Simply put: About 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries still use earthen stoves

One crore Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries have not refilled cylinders

No clarity on LPG use for the rest of the beneficiaries

Alternative fuels can reduce air and noise pollution levels

Vialle, a company based in the Netherlands, manufactures customised cars using alternative fuels like compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied …

Fuels for the future

Despite being clean, alternative fuels fail to become the first choice

Contours of inequality

Global estimates of the unmet energy needs in India have been available for some time. These only indicate whether the shoe pinches, if at all. …

Aadhaar Bill and Hitler's law

By pretending the Aadhaar regulation is a money bill, the Modi government has used Nazi tactics to avoid parliamentary debate

Delhi summers more polluted than winters

At full throttle

A voluntary effort to promote alternative fuel vehicles in the US goes into overdriveby Chandrachur Ghose

Even after 4 years of Ujjwala, dealers travel 92 km to deliver cylinders: CAG

17 % beneficiaries still come to dealers’ warehouses for getting cylinder refills

Rural penetration of Ujjwala improves, remote areas still remain a problem

LPG connection target raised from 50 million households to 80 million

Burning bright in Nepal

The economic blockade by the Madhesi community has inadvertently spruced up demand for biogas plants in Nepal

Dead end for diesel buses

Polluting public transport vehicles sent packing as apex court refuses to extend green makeover deadline