ItĂ´s been a good year for O and G, setting the right agenda for reforms and increased private participation in exploration, says LK Gupta, MD and CEO, Essar Oil, in a conversation with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah.
Will you participate in the upcoming 10th round of NELP?
We have not yet taken a call. If we find value, we will consider it. We are currently more focused on completing our Ranigunj CBM fields and running our Vadinar refining plant optimally. This is a period where we are preparing for f
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Increased prices have enthused us to explore more gas fields
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Our growth engine will be exploration overseas
ONGCĂ´s CMD Sudhir Vasudeva is a man in demand even ministers would like him to stay awhile in his chair. In a freewheeling interview with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah, Vasudeva looks back in satisfaction at the accomplishments of his top-ranked PSU, and tells us what to expect.
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Diversification and innovation are essentials
PSUs now believe in diversification a railside warehousing PSU is now expanding into cold chains, SEZs and FTZs. Vinod Asthana, MD, CRWC, tells Garima P and Shashidhar Nanjundaiah why this is a natural progression in the competitive world of logistics.
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Making the right noises
Will the proposed Dispute Resolution Bill enhance or stymie the negotiating power of infrastructure developers? While the Planning Commission has articulated a clear need for a new law that addresses the typical infractions that occur between public
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We will reduce group dependence by 25 Percentage
Essar Ports witnessed a five-fold increase in profits, up to Rs 331 crore. Having outperformed itself by posting 54.5 mt of handled cargo, Rajiv Agarwal, Managing Director, is aiming to triple it in the next few years.
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Domino effects of stuck cash
NPAs are at best symptomatic of a deeper problem among infrastructure projects in particular, among those on public-private partnership (PPP).
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Is PPP overrated?
The industry may be disappointed with the Food Security and Land Acquisition Bills, seeing them as a step back into the era of subsidies and socialism. In many ways-lets's face it, so would be protectionism of domestic businesses against the onslaught of Chinese power equipment manufacturers.
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Solar cost and tariff may converge by 2017: Experts
IndiaââŹâ˘s National Solar Mission aims to increase solar capacity from 250 MW at the end of 2011 to 20 GW of grid-connected solar alone by 2022. The total installed capacity of grid-connected solar power in India is reported to be 503.9 MW so far.
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Technology in logistics will be key to the cities weââŹâ˘re building
The DMIC is poised to be IndiaââŹâ˘s biggest urbanisation project. Can its model be adopted across the country? Amitabh Kant, MD and CEO, DMICDC, shares his vision for the project with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah and Pratap V Padode, and emphasises the vast and unique opportunities that go with using PPP to build seven new cities and manufacturing hubs along the corridor.
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India Coal Conference 2011: Coal-based power no longer lucrative biz
Conference discusses viable options before coal industry; domestic production of coal, not increase in its price, needs a boost to correct situation, say experts.