plus that are awaiting clearance. What the ministry did not announce was the uncertainty among its top bureaucrats over the policy framework that would come into play if the upa coalition does not come to power, or a modified version of the upa takes office.

Genetic engineering promises big benefits for this humble vegetable

The financial closure of Reliance Power's Sasan project could be a precursor of things to come

NHPC circumvents its way into thermal power

The country's largest hydel power company, nhpc Limited (formerly known as National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd), was incorporated in 1976 with an objective to plan, promote and organise an integrated and efficient development of hydroelectric power in India. Under its articles of association, nhpc does not have the mandate to get into

The KG-D6 field off the Andhra coast will almost double India's gas production and could change the face of gas usage in cities

The tribes of Northeast India have been using jatropha seeds to light their huts at night. It contains 35 per cent fuel and is not edible. Best of all, it thrives in degraded land. And Dl-Williamson Magor Bio Fuel, a joint venture between tea major Williamson Magor and UK-based Dl-bp Fuel Crops, has been providing seeds for contract farming in eastern and north-eastern India.

NTPC Ltd and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (npcil) would jointly invest around Rs15,000 crore in the next eight years to set up nuclear power plants in the country. The two public sector corporations have signed an MoU to form a joint venture company to undertake nuclear power projects. The first project, a 2,000-mw nuclear power unit, is expected to come up by 2017.

The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit brought the crisis of climate change sharply into focus

The threat held out by climate change is eliciting enough concern worldwide to have drawn some 700 stakeholders from India and overseas to a three-day conference in New Delhi last fortnight.

The prices of petrol and diesel have been reduced twice since Raghaw Sharan Pandey took over as secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas. In conversation with Yeshi Seli, he points out that, ideally, the retail prices of petrol and diesel should be linked with the price of crude in the international market

At a time when India is largely dependent on imports (by over 70 per cent) for its oil and gas requirements, there have been discoveries made that need to be studied further before their exact potential can be realised. The Bundelkhand area of Madhya Pradesh is one such place where discoveries of gas have been made in the recent past. The first instance of this was when Rajesh