After almost a decade of limping growth, the significant recovery of the global economy as well as that of the Global Steel Industry in 2017 also points to a favourable outlook for the Indian steel industry.

Petroleum and natural gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in an email interview with Anilesh S. Mahajan, explains Indias energy diplomacy, strategy for renewable energy, new policies for attracting capital and attempt to unshackle the public sector oil giants.

Amid the global clash between Saudi - led OPEC & US shale oil producers, India is crafting a balanced strategy to minimise the economic shocks of rising oil prices.

With ministers from Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at 16th International Energy Forum, Modi said artificially distorting prices causes undue hardship particularly to importing countries.

Good times are back in the domestic steel industry. But it needs to correct its shoddy record on greenfield projects to achieve its true potential.

Hoping India's positive growth trajectory will continue, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu says the country is at the \"threshold of entering a new growth trajectory. It is not a question of 'how' but 'when' we reach $ 5 trillion dollar GDP economy\".

The Supreme Court has rejected a plea that asked for extension of the deadline of 31st March for linking Aadhaar with various services in the country. The information gap between various agencies has been the root cause of almost all economic and criminal offences apart from tax evasion in the country. Linking of services with Aadhaar will leave a digital trail which will help the government in tracking down any unusual and suspect movements. India definitely needs a national ID, but the government must ensure that data and biometrics are secured. Besides the government also has to ban photocopying of Aadhaar cards so that they cannot be misused; India's coal imports may increase after nearly two years of declining trend and that is because of an unusual development of shortage of trains in India to carry coal from the coal mines to the power plants. India needs 332 trains a day to carry coal. However, the availability of trains is in the region of 260-265. As a result, almost 10 plants in the country do not have enough coal supplies and another 45 have barely a week's supply of coal available; A lot of hope was pinned on the insolvency and bankruptcy procedure to clean up the banking system of bad loans. However, a few loopholes are being exploited by companies and bidders to muddle the issue and delay proceedings. BusinessToday.in Editor Rajeev Dubey elaborates in this episode of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Announcing the decision taken by the CCEA, Coal and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said the reform is expected to bring efficiency in the coal sector by moving from an era of monopoly to competition. India is said have coal reserves of up to 300 billion tonnes.

the reverse repo rate under the LAF remains at 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.25 per cent.

It was India's moment at the Davos high table and Prime Minister Modi led from the front.

India presents a good example, as investment that's going into the private sector here is increasingly focused on clean energy technologies, said Tim Gould while talking to Anilesh Mahajan.

M&M (2.71%), SBI (1.97 percent) and Sun Pharma (2.06 percent) were the top Sensex gainers in Monday's trade. YES Bank (1.23%), Coal India (1.11%) and Infosys (0.79 percent) were the top losers on Sensex.

Market breadth was positive with 1612 stocks closing higher against 1041 ending lower on the BSE. 164 stocks were unchanged. M&M (3.56%), Coal India (3.02%), Dr Reddy's (2.52%) top Sensex gainers.

IRB Infrastructure (3.29 percent), Jubilant FoodWorks (2.81 percent) and Prestige Estates (1.89 percent) are the top losers on the BSE. Market breadth is positive with 1,718 stocks advancing against 758 falling on the BSE. 125 stocks are unchanged. Tata Steel (2.37 percent), Maruti Suzuki (2.36 percent) and NTPC (2.20 percent) are the top gainers on Sensex.

The reverse repo rate under the Liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) also remains at 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.25 per cent.

The Modi government's strategy is to use India's market size, as the world's thirdbiggest oil consumer, to strike better deals for oil imports and attract investment into the country's exploration and refining sectors.

India on Monday received its first ever shipment of US crude oil with state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) importing a 1.6 million barrels parcel at Paradip in Odisha.

India will soon announce a new policy to promote biofuels as part of efforts by the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases to cut imports of fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal, a government minister said on Thursday.

Thermal power projects are staring at a bleak future as renewables surpass them in capacity addition.

Last year, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while answering a question in the Rajya Sabha made it clear that it was not possible for India to put a 'blanket ban' on Chinese products due to WTO rules.