India, Oct. 2 -- The monsoon season is usually when things cool down, both literally and for power demand. This year it hasn't worked that way. Rain has been below average, temperatures stayed high, and people kept their ACs and coolers running much longer than usual. Add the pressure on coal supply, and power stocks are now back on every investor's watchlist.

Government Asks Captive Plants to Run Full Tilt The Ministry of Power has ordered 112 captive thermal power plants to run at maximum capacity from October 1 to December 31, 2026. Captive plants are the ones that mostly make electricity for their own factories, think aluminium smelters, steel makers, cement units and oil refineries. The order comes under Section 11, an emergency pr...