Pipeline lobby forces ONGC to lower specifications so that domestic firms can qualify
May 16: The domestic pipeline lobby yields great power in India. There are signals from the very top to help them out, and the "Make in India" programme is held up as a ruse to pressurise the oil & gas industry to fall in line. 8Any attempt to get past this lobby is stymied by the steel ministry, which has to sign off on any attempts to by go pass the lobby to bring in imported pipes. 8A case at hand is the browbeating of ONGC to step down its requirement for higher grade chrome tubulars for its operations. Click on Details for more