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₹14,500 Crore for 92 GWh: India’s Storage Subsidy Is Down to ₹1,576 a kWh. The 40% Local-Content Rule Is the Harder Part

Sunday, November 08, 2026

The Cabinet’s third storage subsidy in three years covers pumped hydro for the first time and pays less per kWh than either earlier sch...

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From Kerosene in Diesel to Ethanol in Petrol: A History of Fuel Theft in India

Saturday, November 07, 2026

For decades the fraud was ration-shop kerosene poured into diesel. Then came pipeline taps, dispenser chips and fake biodiesel. Now Kar...

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Oil & Gas Projects Under Evaluation and Design: A Segment-Wise Read of 2026 (Upstream to Petchem)

Friday, November 06, 2026

Oil & Gas Projects Under Evaluation and Design: A Segment-Wise Read of 2026 (Upstream to Petchem) Sources: Global Energy Monitor (GEM),...

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E20 and the Spark Plug: What Ethanol Does to the Cheapest Part in India’s 20 Crore Two-Wheelers

Monday, November 02, 2026

Fuel-injected engines barely notice. Carburetted bikes run about 4% leaner on E20 and hotter at the plug tip, yet no Indian test of plu...

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Data-led analysis of India's trade, currency and industrial policy. Every article is built from primary official sources, and every figure links back to the release, table or filing it came from.

Sources. DGCI&S TradeStat (imports/exports, HSN-wise) · PIB (government press releases, January 2017 to today, refreshed daily) · RBI (circulars, balance of payments) · MoSPI (CPI/WPI, IIP) · PARIVESH (environmental clearances) · CCIL (bond yields) · BIS (policy rates) · SEBI, NSE/BSE and SEC filings for company data.

Interpretation. Figures carry their vintage and retrieval date; estimates and press-reported numbers are labelled as such; where sources disagree, both are shown. Corrections are made visibly, never silently. Articles are written with AI assistance from the cited sources — AI-generated text can misstate figures even when working from real material, so verify any number that matters to a decision against the linked primary source.

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