Opinion

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: September Was Meant to Be Easy. India Ran Coal and Gas Instead September is meant to be India’s easiest grid month. Hydro...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: India Declares LPG Crisis Over. The Numbers Suggest Caution. India’s government has ended the last formal rationing measure on household cooking gas. On...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: India Secures Fertiliser Lifeline as West Asia Tensions Return Tensions in West Asia flared again in late August, putting fresh pressure on...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist India's Renewable Energy Boom Has Created a New Cybersecurity Problem India's power grid has never been greener. It has also never had more entry...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist The Coking Coal Exception: Why Imports Climbed in July India cut its overall coal imports in June and July 2026. Except for the kind...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist India Rewrites Grid Rules for the Renewable Era In the first quarter of 2026, India curtailed 300 GWh of renewable power, not because it...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist As Solar Sets, India Rushes to Wind and Storage for Evening Rescue India’s solar buildout has been one of the more consequential energy investments...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist India’s Coal Plants Have Adequate Stocks. Some of That Coal Is Russian. On July 20, Minister of State for Power Shripad Naik told the Rajya...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Despite Monsoon Rains, Hydro Lags. Coal Still Carries the Burden Heavy monsoon rainfall last week cooled temperatures and moderated electricity demand across India. But fresh...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist India Lifts Fuel Curbs as Hormuz Shock Eases. Prices Tell a Different Story India will lift its emergency restrictions on petrol and diesel sales...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Can India’s Grid Keep Up With Its Own Clean Energy Ambition? Reliance Industries is building what may be India’s most consequential renewable energy project:...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist India's Biofuel Ambition Has a 10% Ceiling on Crude Imports. The Real Payoff Lies Elsewhere. India's launch of E85 fuel in June 2026 triggered...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist India’s Cooking Gas Balancing Act: Supply Managed, But the Clock Is Ticking In three months, the price of a domestic LPG cylinder in Delhi...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: Same Volumes, Twice the Price: How India Kept Its Crude Supply Intact Amid the Crisis The headline number from India’s May crude...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: India’s Grid Hits 271 GW — A Record That Reveals a Structural Problem India’s national power grid broke its own all-time record...

By Sunil Subramaniam, Financial Sector Veteran & Ex-MD of Sundaram Mutual Fund, Chennai SIP TO BLAME FOR FIIs SELLING, RUPEE SLIDE: JEFFERIES! The above report by Jefferies has caused a...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: Why India Chose UAE as Its Energy Supplier Amid the West Asia Crisis India’s energy diplomacy had a revealing week. On May...

By Sadananda Mohapatra, Senior Business Journalist Lead Story: The Looming Energy Squeeze — Why New Delhi is Sounding the Alarm Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to Indians to cut fuel...