In an interview with BW

By giving cane farmers increasing prices every year, the government has made cane farming inefficient and uncompetitive

The government is exercised about the food grain situation. It faced criticism from the Supreme Court for letting food grains rot in the rains instead of feeding the poor.

Shale gas is the new buzzword. India is believed to have enormous amounts of shale gas deposits, according to studies conducted by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India (ONGC) in the Damodar (West Bengal) and Cambay (Gujarat) basins. P.K.

Stewart L. Udall, secretary of the Interior to former US President John F. Kennedy and supporter of environmental causes, once compared mining to a search-and-destroy mission.

For the moment, the government does not want to allow private companies to develop and operate nuclear power plants independently, but it surely wants private players to jump on the bandwagon to gain experience in the sector.

Sources say the Centre, having got the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill ratified by Parliament, is now preparing a road map for institution building.

Gaya Shukla, chief engineer in charge of the Patratu power plant in Jharkhand, is a dejected man. He knows his power plant has everything going for it

Cairn energy

There is a letter, and a small sachet containing ear plugs, for guests at The Intercontinental in Shanghai

The fate of two of Orissa

Adani Enterprises is travelling far to fetch some coal. In August, it sealed a $2.7-billion deal