India's conventional power sector is gaining from rise in demand, but a host of issues, especially financial health of discoms, remain a cause for concern.

On November 30, ONGC's market value remained 34 per cent below its all-time high annual average of Rs 2,72,663 crore for financial year 2013/14.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Niti-Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar both said that the CSO has used the same methodology for preparing the back-series estimates for the years 2004-05 to 2010-11 that it has been following since it shifted to the new base (2011-12) three years ago.

The changed business environment had hit the once-monolithic BHEL hard. It is trying to move with the times, but pitfalls remain.

In an unexpected move, the Monetary Policy Committee of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. The MPC changed the stance from 'neutral' to 'calibrated tightening'

The Sensex has seen over 1% fall in the second straight session today for first time since February 2016. On Monday, the Sensex closed 467 points or 1.22% lower at 37,922, the Nifty fell 151 points or 1.30% to 11,438 level.

The rupee's near-continuous slide against the dollar - it has depreciated 3.3% in this month alone - is sending importers scurrying to cover their overseas payment liabilities and hedge currency exchange risk.

Rupee collapsed to a record low of 69.10 against the US dollar by plunging 49 paise in early trade today as rising crude oil prices deepened concerns about the country's current account deficit and inflation dynamics.

Indian solar equipment makers are being squeezed out of the market by global players.

India has drawn up ambitious electric mobility plans to reduce pollution and dependence on fossil fuels but the country's electric grid will need a massive overhaul? for the plan to succeed.

As the NDA government enters its final year, there is a long unfinished agenda that it may not be able to implement by 2019.