BUSINESS
Clean Energy | Betting on hydrogen is the right way to go ahead
Globally, investment commitment for hydrogen adds up to $500 billion in 359 projects, including 131 announced since February. Top companies in India have done well to join the competitive, futuristic race. It is time for the government to ensure proper support
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Asset monetisation will inject efficiency, consumer friendliness into creaky infrastructure
Anti-BJP politicians are alleging that the government is selling off State assets for a song. This is a lie
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Climate Change | IPCC report will put pressure on developing world, mainly India
To understand the IPCC report’s consequences for the Indian economy and the corporate sector, it is important to understand its context in terms of its build-up and the follow-up
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Lessons from 1991 Reforms | Vested interests will oppose reforms, but political leadership must carry on
In 1991, a section of industrialists, bureaucrats, politicians and stock brokers opposed the dawn of the new competitive era, just as vested interests have tried hard to derail the much-needed recent reforms such as the GST and new farm laws
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Reliance AGM 2021 | RIL’s pivot to clean energy makes strategic and economic sense
A company that wants to remain prominent and profitable in the medium to long term has no choice but to become carbon neutral. Global oil majors who thought differently have egg on their face
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Economic Recovery | Bring policies that give more freedom for COVID-19 vaccinated citizens
Giving entitlements to vaccinated people will not be easy — but once vaccines are freely available, the economy cannot be allowed to be choked by Covidiots
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Negligence or Penny-Pinching | Probe into ONGC western offshore mishap must leave no stone unturned
It is surprising that the barge full of people was allowed to remain in the path of the cyclone when many others sailed away to safety
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Net-Zero Emissions | Expect political hurdles and new winners and losers in India Inc
The move towards reducing emissions will be tough, slow and often controversial, but India is much better placed than most other countries in the world to make the transition
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Clean energy can pollute India's fiscal climate
Solar and wind energy must certainly replace fossil fuels, but India’s ambitious targets of clean energy need to be accompanied with a clear road map on how tax revenue will keep pace with the targeted reduction in the use of coal and oil
