Operating under 4 power purchase agreements signed with Maharashtra discom between 2008 and 2013, Adani’s Tiroda plant had faced domestic coal supply shortages following shifts in national coal allocation policies.
India has the world’s third-largest renewable fleet, but we remain a coal-based economy. Coal still supplies close to three-quarters of the electricity we consume.
In petrochemicals, China is unique. Unsurprisingly, India & other regional powers want to copy & paste the Chinese method. This won’t be easy—or climate friendly.
LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Renewable energy is surging and demand is rising, yet fossil fuels & import dependence continue to shape the country’s energy landscape, adds Energy Statistics India 2026 report.
Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.
The proposal, currently under discussion between the power ministry and NITI Aayog, marks a major shift from current projections that see net additions peaking by 2035.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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