Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 19013,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Diesel,Inflation&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 19013,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 18878
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Diesel,Inflation&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br /><br />The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br /><br />According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br /><br />In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br /><br />It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br /><br />This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br /><br />Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br /><br />Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br /><br /><em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 19013,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Diesel,Inflation&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 19013,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 18878
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Diesel,Inflation&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br /><br />The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br /><br />According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br /><br />In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br /><br />It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br /><br />This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br /><br />Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br /><br />Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br /><br /><em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr67fe6f527b6d6-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 19013,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Diesel,Inflation&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 18878,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 19013,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 18878
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&amp;#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Diesel,Inflation&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-The Times of India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his &#039;diesel duty&#039; as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &amp;quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I&#039;m sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country&#039;s farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp;amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &amp;quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&amp;quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp;amp; Policy.&amp;quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that&#039;s because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&amp;quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don&#039;t have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can&#039;t do without it. &amp;quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&amp;quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi&#039;s Centre for Science &amp;amp; Environment. &amp;quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &amp;quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&amp;quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br /><br />The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br /><br />According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br /><br />In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br /><br />It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br /><br />This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br /><br />Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br /><br />Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br /><br /><em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em></div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 18878,
		'title' => 'Why it's difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<div align="justify">
-The Times of India<br />
<br />
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br />
<br />
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br />
<br />
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br />
<br />
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br />
<br />
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br />
<br />
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br />
<br />
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br />
<br />
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br />
<br />
<em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em>
</div>',
		'credit_writer' => 'The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 19013,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 18878,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi',
	'metaKeywords' => 'Diesel,Inflation',
	'metaDesc' => '
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...',
	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br /><br />The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br /><br />According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br /><br />In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br /><br />It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br /><br />This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br /><br />Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br /><br />Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br /><br /><em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em></div>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 18878,
	'title' => 'Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<div align="justify">
-The Times of India<br />
<br />
Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br />
<br />
The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br />
<br />
According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br />
<br />
In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br />
<br />
It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br />
<br />
This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br />
<br />
Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br />
<br />
Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br />
<br />
<em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em>
</div>',
	'credit_writer' => 'The Times of India, 22 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-its-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence/articleshow/18125926.cms',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'why-it039s-difficult-to-cut-our-diesel-dependence-atul-sethi-19013',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 19013,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 18878
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why it&#039;s difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi'
$metaKeywords = 'Diesel,Inflation'
$metaDesc = '
-The Times of India

Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br />Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. &quot;Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%.&quot;<br /><br />The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields.<br /><br />According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum &amp; natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. &quot;Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India,&quot; says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance &amp; Policy.&quot;Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed.&quot;<br /><br />In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services.&quot;Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc.&quot;<br /><br />It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. &quot;Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year,&quot; says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply.<br /><br />This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science &amp; Environment. &quot;Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world,&quot; she says. &quot;It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable.&quot;<br /><br />Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, &quot;India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy.&quot; He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk.<br /><br />Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one.<br /><br /><em>(Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)</em></div>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

Why it's difficult to cut our diesel dependence -Atul Sethi

-The Times of India Every few days, Rajkumar Sharma, manager of a group housing society in Noida, makes the mandatory trip to the nearby petrol pump to pick up his quota of diesel. A few days back, even as he was on his 'diesel duty' as he calls it, he was making some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. "Our average monthly consumption is around 400 litres which means a monthly expenditure of around Rs 20,000-22,000. I'm sure this will now go up by at least 10-15%." The decision to deregulate diesel prices -- in a bid to reduce the fiscal deficit -- may be a long-term gambit by the government but its short-term impact is being felt by many who are part of what is referred to as the diesel economy. This includes, besides the transport industry -- which is a major known guzzler of the fuel -- all those who depend on diesel for power generation such as shopping malls, offices, housing complexes and mobile towers. Another big user-group are the country's farmers who use diesel-powered pump sets for watering their fields. According to data from the ministry of oil, petroleum & natural gas, almost 8.2% of the total diesel consumed in India is for power generation. Agriculture uses up 12.2% while transport guzzles up 65.3% of the fuel, with road transport itself accounting for 60.4%. "Diesel constitutes almost 38% of all petroleum products consumption in India," says Mukesh Anand of the National Institute of Public Finance & Policy."Given the profile of uses and users of the fuel, its substitution possibilities appear to be severely circumscribed." In economic terms, diesel demand in India is regarded as inelastic with respect to price in the short term. This means that its demand does not necessarily decrease with an increase in price. Anand says that's because more than 90% of the diesel in the country is used for intermediate purposes like transport which results in the production of further goods and services."Only about 5% is being used for meeting the ultimate demand of consumers in power generation etc." It is here that its substitution is possible which can lead to a little less dependence on the fuel which has been much derided for its particulate emissions. Many small businesses have already switched to inverters but for those who don't have an option like mobile towers, industrial units, malls etc - the reliance on diesel continues. Amit Garg, professor at IIM Ahmedabad, points out that we spend about Rs 200 crore worth of diesel to power mobile phone towers in the country. Malls, too, can't do without it. "Even in a city like Bhopal, which is not really power-starved, our diesel consumption has gone up drastically in the last few months. We consume about 30% more diesel than same time last year," says a spokesperson for Ashima Mall in Bhopal. In Punjab -- often referred to as a diesel-driven economy - the agriculture sector accounts for 1.02 lakh litres of the 2.68 lakh kilo litres average monthly consumption of the fuel largely because farmers cannot depend on the erratic power grid supply. This is an issue that should be tackled soon, says Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi's Centre for Science & Environment. "Diesel is not a mainstream source of power generation anywhere in the world," she says. "It is more a symptom of the problem than source of the problem. Therefore, it is important to improve energy security and expand alternative sources of energy like hydro and renewable." Agrees economist and former Union minister Y K Alagh, "India is a relatively inefficient user of diesel energy." He adds that putting in place global best practices is essential. Examples of these abound. Many countries, for instance, have equal prices for petrol and diesel and have set fuel-economy standards for vehicles to reduce diesel consumption in the transportation sector. They are also promoting rail-based freight as opposed to road-based freight and making efforts to clean up their diesel to reduce public health risk. Clearly, diesel dependence can be curtailed. Deregulation is one step but the journey to finish off the fuel may be a long one. (Reports by Robin David in Ahmedabad; Priya Yadav in Chandigarh, and Jamal Ayub in Bhopal)