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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India Invites Feedback on Oil & Gas Reforms Ahead of Landmark OALP Round X: Hardeep Singh Puri
It is a great time for our industry leaders and entrepreneurs to look at oil and gas exploration in India. It has never been easier, faster and more profitable to do exploration in India,” Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri posted on the microblogging platform X, while inviting feedback on a series of proposed reforms to...
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₹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
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
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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JSW Paints to Acquire Majority Stake in Akzo Nobel India in ₹89.86 Billion Deal
JSW Paints will acquire up to 74.76 per cent of Akzo Nobel India for a maximum consideration of ₹89.86 billion, subject to closing adjustments. JSW Paints—the paints arm of the ₹23 trillion JSW Group—has entered into definitive agreements to acquire up to 74.76 per cent stake in Akzo Nobel India from Akzo Nobel and its...
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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
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
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...
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InfraPandit Awards to Honour Doctoral Excellence in Infrastructure
The initiative aims to strengthen industry-academia linkages and support innovative research with direct relevance to India’s infrastructure development. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, The Infravision Foundation (TIF) has announced the launch of an award to recognise and celebrate outstanding doctoral research that can advance India’s vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 in the infrastructure domain. Titled...