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TITLE
CERTIFICATE
DECLARATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS
ABBREVIATIONS
I INTRODUCTION
Obiectives of the Study
Scope and Limitations
Methodolog
Scheme of the Study
II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
III HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE GROWTH OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
Petroleum Industry in 1947
Exploration and Production
Table 3.1 Reserves and Production of Crude Oil and Natural Gas
Refining
Marketing and Distribution
Import of Crude and products
Table 3.2 Import of petrolium and balance of Trade, 1950-95
Table 3.3 Cnonsumption of Major Petroleum Products: 1950-95 (000 tons)
Natural Gas
Table 3.4 Production of crude and Natural Gas
Oil Conservation
Fig 3.1 GDP-Consumption Correlation
Table 3.5 GDP-Consumption Correlation
IV CONSUMPTION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Table 4.1 Distillate-wise Demand and Refinery Capacity (Without Secondary Process
Table4.2 Per Capita Energy Consumption by Fuel. 1992 (kgoe)
V DEMAND-SUPPLY IMBALANCE - HISTORICAL OUTLINE
Table 5.1 Percentage Share of Maior Petroleum Products in POL Consumption: 1950-1995
Table 5.2 Average Retail Prices of SK. HSD and MS Selected Countries (Price in Rupees)
VI THE PRICING SYSTEM IN EARLY DAYS
Ocean Freight and AFRA
Pricing in India After Independence
The System of Posted Prices
VII THE EARLY OIL PRICE COMMITTEES
1. Damle Committee
2. Talukdar Committee
3. Shantilal Shah Committee
The Oil Crisii of 1973
4. Krishnaswamy Committee
TABLE 7.1 Build-up of retention price per tonne of oil with a pooled crude price of $ 9.40/bbl
VIII LATER MODIFICATIONS IN THE PRICING SYSTEM AND THE PRESENT PRICING MECHANISM
Impact of Oil Shocks on the Indian Economy
Modifications in the Pricing System
The Present Pricing Mechanism
Oil Industry pool Accounts
1. The Crude Oil Price Equalition Account
2. Crude & for Adjustment Account
3. Product Price Adjustment Account (PPA)
4. Freight Surcharge Pool (FSP) Account
5. CST/Sales Tax Surcharge Scheme
IX PRICING OF CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS
1. Pricing of Crude Oil
2. Pricing of Natural Gas
X OBJECTIVES OF OIL PRICING POLICY
Efficiency Objective
Consideration involved in LRMC calculations
Equity Considerations
Fig 10.1 Trends in Kerosene Consumption
Table 10.11 Trends in Consumption of Kerosene relative to Price Differential of HSD and SK
Financial Viability Considerations
Table 10.2 Sectoral Composition of Net Profits of PSEs. 1994-95
XI ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO PRICING
1. lntegrated Pricig Policy
2. Direct Subsidies
XII FREE MARKET PRICING -OPTIONS BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT
Table 12.1 Whole sale average price indices of Petroleum Products
Recommendations of the Sundararajan Committee
Recommendations of the R-Group
Outline of a Recommended Pricing Policy
XIII SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
List of Tables
List of Figures
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I Questionnaire on Petroleum Pricing Policy
APPENDIX II List of Persons who Responded to the Questionnaireandlor were Inte~iewed
APPENDIX III Retention Price Calculation - Cochin Refineries L i t e d
APPENDIX IV Build-up of Retail Prices of Petroleum Products
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