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Govt Focus on Mitigating Cash-Flow Stress and Reducing Theft

Govt Focus on Mitigating Cash-Flow Stress and Reducing Theft

Power Distribution Reforms Even as the Centre puts in place a strategy to bring in efficiencies, energy sector observers believe that states will play hardball because electricity comes under concurrent list and state governments play an active role. In the backdrop of distribution companies’ dues having touched an all-time high and showing no signs of...

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Reforming India’s Oil & Gas Sector

Reforming India’s Oil & Gas Sector

Avery colourful legend has it that during the construction of the railway line from Dibrugarh to Margherita by Assam Railways & Trading Co (AR&TC) in 1867, a herd of logging elephants returned to the camp with their feet covered in crude oil. Even as this led the AR&TC personnel to look for seepages, the site engineer, WL Lake, reportedly cried out in excitement to his workers, 'Dig boy, dig!' on coming to learn about it.

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India Needs to be Realistic on the Exploration Front

India Needs to be Realistic on the Exploration Front

Speaking exclusively to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Prof Kirit Parikh, Chairman Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) and author of the seminal report on pricing methodology for diesel, domestic LPG and PDS, believes that though the federal dispensation is presently offering lucrative terms to investors in the oil and gas sector, it must also ensure that those commitments are adhered to.