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Indore's first municipal green bond a beacon for India's urban local bodies

The idea of floating the bond, which was oversubscribed 5 times on day-1 of launch, germinated five years back. The primary aim then was neither climate change nor an urge to save the environment

Explained: Why Indian consumers don't gain from Russian crude oil

Supplies from Russia come at a substantial discount to global prices, but Indian pump prices have remained unchanged for nearly ten months

India defies US curbs: Russian oil imports at record high in February

US shipments to India fell 58% from last year

Net zero target: Why 'sustainable economic growth' will elude India

Western reluctance to spend on climate action and India's inability to accelerate renewables to power faster economic growth are major hurdles to the net zero target

The high road to net zero: How CCUS can speed up India's transition plan

Carbon capture utilisation technology can play a crucial role in reducing CO2 emissions, provided the government shapes a workable regulatory framework first

ONGC Videsh to increase spending by 65% in FY24 to push overseas operations

Latin America, Africa, and Russia are expected to play key roles in helping OVL achieve its long-term production targets

Indian private refiners may gain from EU's ban on Russian oil products

Indian refiners can process cheap Russian crude into products, and export to Europe

A coal-dependent India can't move to zero overnight: GE's Mahesh Palashikar

In a Q&A, the President of GE South Asia asserts that natural gas will bridge India's journey from coal to renewables, even as he points is massive potential in onshore wind energy

Oil PSUs on the long road to net zero: Can India achieve the goal by 2070?

With India burning more fossil fuel to grow, state-owned refiners are likely to struggle to meet their targets

India imported more Russian crude oil than ever in January, shows data

India imported between 1.27 to 1.42 million barrels of Russian crude per day, which made up 28% of India's supplies in January, the highest ever

Fertiliser subsidy: X factors that could sway a ballooning bill either way

Two policy tweaks to lower the govt's bill depend on weather, state of the global economy and the trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine war

The gas paradox: Govt encouraging huge investment to push demand

But imposing policies that deter domestic exploration and production

Crude compulsions in Budget: Oil prices to put pressure on govt finances

Freeing the industry from administrative pricing could be the best way forward

Plenty of scope to generate and sell carbon credits in India: IEX CMD

In a Q&A, Satyanarayan Goel, CMD of the exchange, dwells on the current and future power distribution scenario in India and his plans to set up an International Carbon Exchange

India may be in better economic shape to create a rupee trade zone

But the China factor could play spoiler

Gas pricing up in the air: 2023 to see new trading products from exchanges

New trading products could be the start of India's attempt to create a domestic price benchmark and derivatives contract market, and the tapering of the administered price regime

Demand to exploration: Key warning signals for India's gas industry in 2023

Consumers will be in trouble, given rising European demand from India's traditional suppliers, the absence of gas storage facilities and the lack of a clear LNG procurement strategy

Russia's domination over Indian crude market will continue in 2023: Experts

Sizeable discounts on Urals grade have helped evade new sanctions by western powers; fate of Russian supplies in Q1 of calendar 2023 rests on oil price movement

Green hydrogen will not be limited by borders: ReNew Power Founder & CEO

'People are looking to get into the manufacturing supply chain, governments are looking at expanding transmission infrastructure,' said ReNew Power founder & CEO, Sumant Sinha

Europe set the bar on Russian gas high enough to leave India unaffected

The impact of the gas price cap on India may, however, be muted as the EU, fearing disruptions to domestic gas supplies in winter, set the bar very high