Articles tagged under: GAIL

Vadodara Co. Director and GAIL Executive Director among 5 held by CBI in bribe case

September 05, 2023
Vadodara Co. Director and GAIL Executive Director among 5 held by CBI in bribe case

Vadodara: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended an Executive Director of the Government of India-run GAIL and four others late on Monday night in connection with an alleged bribery case involving Rs 50 lakhs. The accusation suggests that this money was exchanged to provide advantages to certain contractors engaged in gas pipeline projects. According to reports, K.B. Singh, GAIL's Executive Director of Projects, has been arrested along with four others, including Surender Kumar...Read More

Gujarat to have Rs. 1,000 crore BioEthanol plant; GACL and GAIL ink MoU

December 17, 2021
Gujarat to have Rs. 1,000 crore BioEthanol plant; GACL and GAIL ink MoU

Gandhinagar: Gujarat will have a 500 KLD bioethanol plant with an investment of Rs. 1,000 crore. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) was signed today in State capital Gandhinagar in presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Proposed plant will have estimated turnover of Rs. 1500 crore. It will have potential to give employment to around 700 persons directly or indirectly. The plant will result into ...Read More

Russian gas giant Gazprom begins LNG supply to India; Dharmendra Pradhan receives first cargo at Dahej in Gujarat

June 04, 2018
Russian gas giant Gazprom begins LNG supply to India; Dharmendra Pradhan receives first cargo at Dahej in Gujarat

Dahej:Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan today at a function at Dahej in Central Gujarat, received “LNG KANO”, the 1st long term LNG cargo from Gazprom along with Russian delegation and officials from Gail India. The arrival of today’s cargo marks a milestone in India-Russia energy ties & has built another strong bridge to 70 years of bilateral friendship, said Pradhan. The long term LNG contract between Gail India and Gazprom for supply of 2.85 MMTPA of LNG not only adds a new dim...Read More

Gujarat consumers to get cheaper gas from today midnight

December 26, 2013

Ahmedabad, 26 December 2013 As per the court order, after much delay, Gujarat has started getting supply of gas for rate at par with other states today from the Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL) at Dahej. With this fresh development, gas consumers in Gujarat will start getting cheaper gas from midnight today. As many as 2,35,000 CNG using vehicles and 12,30,000 PNG using houses will benefit from this development. Existing rate of CNG per kg in Gujarat is Rs. 6...Read More

Gas ka badla Gas se!

December 04, 2013

Vadodara, 4 December 2013 It seems the central government run gas company "Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)" is planning to hit back at Gujarat government after its court defeat in CNG case. The centre may scale down gas supply to Vadodara city and take revenge of its court defeat in CNG supply case. Years ago then Mayor Dr. Thakorbhai Pael had demanded PNG gas which was burnt at that time in ONGC. The central government had given permission and started supplying d...Read More

Cheaper gas to Gujarat: First political, then legal and now “technical” issue

December 02, 2013

Ahmedabad, 2 December 2013 Gujarat government may move High Court to get gas supplied by Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL) at Dahej. Union Petroleum ministry had promised the Gujarat High Court to supply cheaper gas to Gujarat by 30th November. Accordingly, GAIL took a decision to supply gas to Gujarat State Petronet Limited(GSPL) at low pressure Suvali pipeline near Hazira in south Gujarat. GSPL however wants GAIL to supply gas at high pressure pipeline at ...Read More

CNG, PNG prices to fall significantly in December in Gujarat

November 16, 2013

Ahmedabad, 16 November 2013 The ministry of petroleum and natural gas, government of India has issued guidelines for allotment of cheaper natural gas to Gujarat. The guideline given to Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL) for CNG and PNG supply by Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry's Director Nikunjkumar Srivastava will be implemented before November 30. According to it city gas distributes will be given CNG and PNG on the basis of base figure of 8.02 million standard ...Read More

SC rules in favour of arbitration in Gail, GPSC case

September 17, 2013

New Delhi, 17 September 2013 The Supreme Court ruled today that the dispute between public sector Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) on price of gas imported from Qatar should be decided by arbitration, which is an effective alternative remedy. The Gujarat high court’s intervention at the instance of the GSPC was wrong, the judgment said, while setting aside the high court judgment in favour of GSPC. GAIL had entere...Read More