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Use of kerosene, diesel falls, LPG consumption rises on clean energy drive Consumption of kerosene dropped by 21% in 2016-17 from a year ago to 5.3 million tonnes, while that of LPG jumped 9.8% to 21.5 million tonnes in the same period New Delhi: India’s fossil fuel consumption trend is...

Record 47,350 kms. of PMGSY roads constructed during 2016-17 New Delhi: The government built 47,350 km of rural roads under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in 2016-17, the most in seven years. That compares with the 36,449km of roads constructed in 2015-16 under PMGSY and...

India becomes net exporter of Electricity for 1st time During the current year 2016-17 (April to February 2017), India has exported around 5,798 Million Units to Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar which is 213 Million units more than the import of around 5,585 Million units from Bhutan. Export to...

Gone are the days of reading newspapers with headlines about India having only 7 days worth of coal stock to produce electricity. I hope people don't forget those days and vote back the Scamgress party...