From The Outlook Archives

The government and Reliance seem joined for a legal face-off over K-G D6

RIL’s brazen demand: allow us to sell local gas at the price set for imported gas

The government mulls an opening gambit against Reliance on KG gas

By exposing its lesser arm, is the petromin hiding bigger sins?

The Centre, RIL squirm under the gimlet-eyed CAG report

Suspicions, theories abound. The D6 gas imbroglio reaches combustion levels.

We have the power capacity, but not the fuel to generate it

Reliance scales back K-G basin gas estimates. Pressure tactics?

With the government firmly opposed to the Cairn sellout, Vedanta has hit another roadblock

The government stands firm at the Reliance gas row, holds all future levers, keeps ends open

The Ambani gas feud shows the petroleum ministry in a poor light. Will India feel the burn?

A panel report on oil prices prescribes drastic reforms

The question of a windfall tax on private oil firms cannot escape the political angle

The former petroleum secretary feels we gradually need to move towards a full or near-full neutralisation of global prices

Bad timing, shocking scale—they say. But any oil price hike is ruled by a rude logic.

A weakening rupee isn't good news for inflation, but exporters exult

India's biofuel programme is examining non-edible sources to ensure food security

Pay more for oil, soon. We'll pay anyway: in hidden taxes and lower social spending.

Politics and corporate lobbying may influence the search for ONGC's CMD

Did politics, business lobbies and its past record force the PMO to reject R.S. Sharma as ONGC's new boss?