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India must combine policy cohesion with coal supply efficiency for better economic outcomes

New Delhi, March 27 -- India's ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) recently suggested to a parliamentary panel that it needs a greater role in policy formulation for the electricity sector. N... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Do India's climate targets for 2035 place GDP growth above emission reduction?

New Delhi, March 27 -- India has reset its closer-term climate goals on its way to net-zero emissions by 2070. It now plans to raise the share of non-fossil fuel energy to 60% by 2035, as against 50% ... Read More


India needs women lawmakers: Fast-track the enacted quota to make faster economic gains

New Delhi, March 26 -- India's government has signalled its intent to amend the Women's Reservation Act of 2023, also known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, to fast-track its 33% quota of seats fo... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | A gulf too wide? Peace talks or not, brace for a US-Iran showdown over Hormuz

New Delhi, March 26 -- Mystery shrouds the prospect of official talks between the US and Iran to stop the war in West Asia, but reports have emerged of feelers from America in the shape of a 15-point ... Read More


Never waste an oil crisis: Time to go for market-oriented reforms in India's oil and gas sector

New Delhi, March 25 -- In every crisis lies an opportunity, it is said. At the very least, today's hydrocarbon crisis should re-open India's forlorn debate on pushing oil and gas into a closer market ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | As the rumbles of war reach India, will RBI be pushed into rate hikes this year?

New Delhi, March 25 -- With the war in West Asia stretching on, estimates of its economic damage have begun to emerge. On Tuesday, Goldman Sachs slashed its outlook on India's economic growth to 5.9% ... Read More


India's LPG crunch won't ease anytime soon: We need a full-spectrum policy response

New Delhi, March 24 -- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is one of the products facing a global supply crunch today, thanks to the Iran war. The result is more than a cooking gas shortage in India. In ord... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Relief for markets as Trump extends his Hormuz opening deadline: Will it last?

New Delhi, March 24 -- A silver lining seems to have appeared around the clouds of war over West Asia. Donald Trump put off by five days the US threat of bombing Iran's energy infrastructure just hour... Read More


Dollar vs yuan: Could a battle for the control of Hormuz spark a petro-currency war?

New Delhi, March 23 -- As reports emerged last week on which ships Iran had let through the Strait of Hormuz, India-bound carriers of LPG among them, one group was no surprise: vessels carrying Irania... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Airfare caps: Indian aviation needs more competition and less state intervention

New Delhi, March 23 -- India's civil aviation ministry has withdrawn caps placed on domestic airfares as more expensive fuel amid the West Asia war and a weakening rupee send costs for airlines soarin... Read More