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ONGC to invest $7 bn to reverse dip in oil & gas production: Sushma Rawat

ONGC is keen to work with global majors as strategic partners in challenging areas, said Sushma Rawat, director (exploration) of the company

Thermal power firms may transition to green energy faster than anticipated

State-owned NTPC is by far the largest to make the transition, but Tata Power and even Adani Power, despite the noises surrounding its coal business, are on the same trajectory

Money for mining the seas: India considers political and financial risks

Legislative reform could create the environment for investments at a scale the government can hardly provide

A year into vehicle scrappage policy, car junkyards see low scrap value

The policy is, however, clear. From April 1, 2022, all vehicles of government and public sector units older than 15 years cannot ply on the roads any longer

Audit trail: 5 years of NFRA cracking the whip

The regulator has pulled up erring chartered accountants and firms, but is its work having an impact?

Digital India Act: Unravelling regulatory tangles in e-commerce space

Ambitious proposal for an overarching Digital India Act that aims to improve ease of doing business for rapidly expanding sector likely to face challenges of overlapping ministerial responsibilities

Rule changes that will make discoms solvent, won't raise political heat

Power ministry will allow distribution companies to raise tariffs without waiting for regulators' approval

As India and Russia discuss FTA, the elephant in the room is rupee trade

Finding alternative paths to buy oil from states under Western sanctions is stretching the government and RBI's creativity

Reserve Bank likely to help states to analyse, frame their capex numbers

As of now, the states are handicapped because there is no format they can borrow from the centre to guide them on tracking their capex except the financial support

Coal India needs to raise prices, but caught between political constraints

The state-owned miner needs to raise prices but it is caught between the political constraints on its major buyer, electricity producers and close decision-making control by the coal and power

Unfinished business: ONGC facing question marks over future structure, role

This is an unnecessary overhang, since the company has not been on an investment spree

Making gender budgeting work

Social mores cannot be changed by fiscal fiats, but gender budgeting is a starting point, argues Lekha S Chakraborty in her book, which could serve as a useful primer to guide policymakers

Why Irdai's flexible rules are significant for insurance industry

By removing the limit for agents, the regulator has provided insurers greater scope to build their businesses

Here's how China, India plan to overhaul their financial sector regulations

The plans by both nations have become more significant in the wake of the convulsions expected in the global financial market with the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank

A true account: How law firms are taking the lead in consultancy business

Be it advising the government or tackling bankruptcy cases, they are handling roles traditionally handled by CAs

DMRC-RInfra controversy shows potential glitches in framing PPP contracts

The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee has cleared 79 projects with a total project cost of Rs 227,268.1 crore from FY15 to FY23, noted the latest Economic Survey

States' capital budgets: Spending, classification can be variable exercise

Most of the other major states, including Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Telangana and Haryana, hew close to either extreme

Climate change insurance: Poor reach, reliance on fossil fuel key issues

India's challenge is that the insurance coverage and penetration vary by lines of business and the low penetration problem is acute

A sugar rush for emissions: Is ethanol-spiked fuel a sweet solution?

Rising compliance with ethanol-spiked fuels in vehicle could be a win-win situation all round

As states table their Budgets, here's how the capex numbers stack up

Capex is not the favourite word in the lexicon of ministers despite the generous flow of resources for building assets