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In pics: A journey through Bihar to gauge state's electrification drive

Business Standard takes you to villages of Saran, Supaul and Araria districts in Bihar to assess the change that has come in the past three years

Solar electricity in stiff competition with cheaper grid power in Bihar

According to Jaideep Mukherji, CEO, Smart Power India, there has been a lot of progress in Bihar both in terms of connection and hours of electricity supply to households

Bihar electrification drive involves crossing rivers and fixing bills

Bihar had, in October, declared full electrification. In 2015, Business Standard visited some villages, and now again to assess the change in a two-part series

Alpha Capital picks up a 'significant minority' stake in Hero Electric

The automaker, planning to set up a new manufacturing facility in the South, is also planning to expand business with a target to sell 50,000 units in the current financial year

No free trade agreements undercutting India's exports to China: Study

India has continued a sustained rise in the share of imported inputs even among its overall exports

In relief for Essar Power MP, NCLT to hear insolvency case on Dec 3

This is the third group company after Essar Steel and Essar Power Jharkhand for which lenders have sought insolvency

An IT tool to help civic bodies enforce compliance in green buildings

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has come up with an IT tool that will aid local municipal staff to ensure new green buildings in small towns live up to their promise

Revisions undermine bidding

Closure on a pre-agreed date will make the IBC process both credible and ethical

Mytrah eyes green bond option; Fund raising getting harder in India: CMD

Piramal Capital-backed firm targets up to one Gw capacity addition every year

AC firms take the sweat out of govt's prescribed temperature control

Many AC brands are prepared for the future with default temperature that is higher than what the govt has prescribed

India-Korea CEPA: Harvest deal by 2019 even as two nations stick to guns

The two countries agreed to finalise the CEPA upgrading negotiations at the earliest date in 2019

SAIL-ArcelorMittal JV for specialised steel stuck on 30-year clause

ArcelorMittal wants a long-term binding agreement, at the end of which the two companies could take a call on whether to continue with the venture

Income-tax dept sells Cairn Energy shares in Vedanta for $216 million

The company said it has "been notified by the Indian income tax department that it has sold part of Cairn's shareholding" in Vedanta

Insolvency process may boost producer margins, raise capital flow: EY Study

The IBC process has so far seen successful resolution of Bhushan Steel, taken over by Tata Steel and Electrosteel Steels which Vedanta bought over

Vedanta enters steel with acquisition of Electrosteel Steels, to hold 90%

New board put in place for ESL; Vedanta will fund 90% stake through combo of equity of Rs 17.65 bn and inter-corporate loan of Rs 35.55 bn

Public-private partnership: The Swiss Challenge conundrum

The Swiss Challenge method: Any qualified entity can submit a project proposal to the government

We'll be ready for 50% localisation in defence biz: GE's South Asia chief

In a Q&A, Vishal Wanchoo talks about how horizontal business lines of additives and digital are giving a push towards advance manufacturing

RIL Q4FY18 results: Net profit at Rs 94.35 bn; Jio's net at Rs 5.10 bn

On a sequential basis, the company's net profit rise was only 0.1 per cent, RIL said in a statement

A go-slow signal from the PMO

High costs scuppered two projects close to the railway minister's heart

India-US trade oil in troubled waters over wave of protectionism

Even as India opens its doors to US oil and gas, trade ties between the two nations do not look to be improving