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GAIL, OIL Extend 15-Year Gas Supply Pact for Rajasthan Fields

GAIL, OIL Extend 15-Year Gas Supply Pact for Rajasthan Fields

The supply deal for up to 900,000 SCMD of natural gas from Oil India’s Rajasthan fields to GAIL is set to boost domestic production, streamline transportation, and expand distribution, reinforcing energy security and improving access. India’s largest natural gas supplier GAIL India and Oil India Ltd have extended their existing gas sale and purchase agreement...

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Invest in IREDA Bonds to Support India’s Green Energy Transition and Save Tax

Invest in IREDA Bonds to Support India’s Green Energy Transition and Save Tax

Bonds issued by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) on or after 9 July 2025, and redeemable after five years, will now qualify for capital gains tax exemption under Section 54EC of the Income Tax Act, 1961, according to a government notification. The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has secured a significant policy...

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₹50 Billion Boost for Northeast Waterways; Kaladan Project to be Operational by 2027: Sonowal

₹50 Billion Boost for Northeast Waterways; Kaladan Project to be Operational by 2027: Sonowal

The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways also announced that the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Project, linking India’s Northeast with Myanmar, would be operational by 2027. The government has allocated ₹50 billion for the development of waterways and the maritime sector in India’s northeastern region, according to Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping, and...

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Tata Sons’ Chandrasekaran Outlines Energy Transition Runway Amid Group’s Moment of Reflection

Tata Sons’ Chandrasekaran Outlines Energy Transition Runway Amid Group’s Moment of Reflection

Chandrasekaran said that as one of India’s biggest integrated power players, the group company Tata Power was well-equipped to play a leadership role in the country’s transition to clean energy sources. In times of crisis, true leaders rise to the occasion. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, did just that by making India’s great energy...

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CII President Rajiv Memani Offers Blueprint for a Competitive Viksit Bharat

CII President Rajiv Memani Offers Blueprint for a Competitive Viksit Bharat

The new CII president’s recommendations on disinvestment, taxation, manufacturing, AI and skilling come as India is poised to retain its position as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, despite sustained global economic and geopolitical turbulence. While India remains a bright spot amid persistent global economic and political volatility—with internal momentum buffering external shocks—it must now aspire...

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India to Extend Digitalisation of Public Services to the Power Sector with India Energy Stack

India to Extend Digitalisation of Public Services to the Power Sector with India Energy Stack

While major global economies are advancing digitalised energy frameworks, the India Energy Stack may be the most ambitious attempt by any country to integrate public infrastructure at scale through a unified ‘stack’ architecture. Following the success of Aadhaar as a national identity card and UPI for digital payments, the government announced an India Energy Stack...

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Whoever controls Antariksha (outer space) will rule Prithvi (the world)”: Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri

Whoever controls Antariksha (outer space) will rule Prithvi (the world)”: Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri

He is unofficially regarded as the ‘grandad of India’s spacetech startup ecosystem’. After resigning from a high-level role as division head at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri founded Ananth Technologies Ltd (ATL) in Hyderabad in the early 1990s. It was a bold move, taken nearly three decades before India formally...

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Electricity futures key to managing power price volatility”: NSE’s Sriram Krishnan

Electricity futures key to managing power price volatility”: NSE’s Sriram Krishnan

On 11 June, India’s premier exchange, the National Stock Exchange (NSE), received regulatory approval from SEBI to launch monthly electricity futures. Trading on the NSE platform begins on 11 July and will be accompanied by a liquidity enhancement scheme (LES) to encourage active participation and deepen the electricity derivatives market. In an exclusive interview with...