Shampooing NCR’s Air
Air pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) have improved somewhat in recent days, and the sheer number of ‘severe days’ this October-November were lower than those last year or in 2016....
View ArticleDecline in IIP growth more apparent than real
By Jaideep Mishra Quick estimates of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for November, 2018 show that output growth has decelerated sharply to a lacklustre 0.5% (over the like period in the...
View ArticleMore Power to the People
Interim Budget 2019 announced by interim Union finance minister Piyush Goyal last week proposes direct income support for small and marginal farmers nationwide. This is pathbreaking and unprecedented....
View ArticleMore power to the sector
There has been notable policy attention on the power sector to shore up investments. The Union Cabinet has, of late, approved measures to boost hydropower and step up renewable sources in India’s...
View ArticleStep up reforms in state power
There is path-breaking judicial action on stressed bank assets, especially power projects. Last week, the Supreme Court held the circular dated February 12, 2018, issued by the Reserve Bank of India...
View ArticleRebuilding After Fani
Any calamitous extreme weather event needs to be overcome with institutional endurance and fortitude. Last week, an extremely severe cyclone, Fani, ravaged large parts of coastal Odisha causing much...
View ArticleTime to Change the Power Play
By Jaideep Mishra The new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to boost the overall growth momentum with focused revamp of the energy economy. India needs to step up low-emissions energy...
View ArticleA Case for Lowering Customs Duty on Harley Davidson Motorcycles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to meet US President Donald Trump later this month, at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Observers and analysts will be looking for political substance at the meet....
View ArticleWelcome reform of oil marketing in the pipeline
There is welcome reform of oil marketing in the pipeline. Reports say that one would soon be able to buy petrol and diesel at supermarkets etc. The move makes perfect sense. It would lead to...
View ArticleProactively reduce emissions intensity of overall economic output
There is credible action on the power front. The nation’s first power plant using ultra supercritical boiler technology has become operational at NTPC’s Khargone thermal station in Madhya Pradesh. It...
View ArticleBig Boost for Public Transport in Delhi
Public transport in New Delhi is poised to get a leg up to go green. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has called for bids to ‘supply, operate and maintain’ 300 air-conditioned low floor electric...
View ArticleStep-up trade talks with US; negotiate hard to join RCEP on fair, favourable...
There is apparent movement on the trade front. India has decided not to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), for now, and New Delhi wants that potential trade partners come out...
View ArticleFast-forward solar powered pump-sets nationally
There is welcome policy action in the renewable energy sector. The ministry of new and renewable energy has issued guidelines for setting up a million solar-powered water pumps, which would be...
View Article12,000 electric buses for Delhi would make eminent sense
If voted to power in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party would bring in 12,000 electric buses, its Pradesh chief, Manoj Tiwari, has promised, as has been widely reported. The idea of course is to...
View ArticleSeed Policy in the Air!
Lately, there’s been a welcome gush of fresh air in Delhi. The air quality index (AQI) dropped to ‘moderate’, that improvement making headlines. True, rain, hail and wind all chipped in to bring down...
View ArticleBond, name’s corporate bond
Latest estimates suggest that economic growth rate has tumbled to 4.5% for the previous quarter. But when the chips are down, things can only look up. India would pick up economic speed sooner rather...
View ArticleFM: Provide income-tax benefit for solar rooftops
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman needs to make gainful use of tax design to better allocate resources for stepping-up green, environmentally-benign energy. In her last budget, she did provide...
View ArticleFollow up on follow throughs
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has accomplished a difficult balancing act and essayed a growth oriented budget in the middle of a severe economic slowdown and drop in both tax and non-tax revenue....
View ArticleLet the water flow, quickly
By Jaideep Mishra There is marked turbulence in India’s stressed water economy. A recent report by the ministry of earth sciences (MoES) shows a ‘significant’ drop in rainfall in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar...
View ArticleFire Up the Bond Market
There’s a notably welcome development in India’s reform-challenged corporate bond market. Notice the sharp fall in the bond yields, and the widening rate gap with bank lending. The issuance of...
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