R N Choubey: New head of DGH

June 7, 2012

Government appoints Rajiv Nayan Choubey, a senior bureaucrat,1981batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, as Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

He will be the first bureaucrat to head the highly technical arm of the Oil Ministry, which has been blemished in controversies for the past few years.
Earlier, Mr.Choubey has served as Development Commissioner (Handlooms) in the Ministry of Textiles.

Why DGH was in news recently?

DGH image was blotted when CBI filed a case against former temporary head of DGH Mr.V K Sibal for allegedly doing favors to private firms like Reliance Industries. DGH also gained notoriety under Mr. S.K. Shrivastav (former head) for delaying approvals.

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Facts about DGH:

Established in: 1993
Controlling Body: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India

Objective:

Promote sound management of the oil and natural gas resources having a balanced regard for environment, safety, technological and economic aspects of the petroleum activity
Implement New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP),
Manage Production Sharing Contracts for discovered fields and exploration blocks
Promote investment in E&P (Exploration and Production) sector
Monitor E&P activities including review of reservoir performance of producing fields.
Launch new unexplored areas for future exploration
Develop non- conventional hydrocarbon energy sources like Coal Bed Methane (CBM) as also ultramodern hydrocarbon energy resources like Gas Hydrates and Oil Shale