Government
June 2, 2013
Crude Oil Crude oil prices has hovered somewhere close to $110a barrel for past one year, however the price dipped below $100 in the recent past […]
May 31, 2013
China forces Foreign companies to set factories in China China has done a fabulous job in forcing foreign companies to play by its rule in the […]
May 23, 2013
SunPower pairs Solar Installations with lithium ion batteries SunPower (SPWR) plans to add storage options to its solar energy installations, most probably lithium ion batteries. The company has […]
May 20, 2013
External Commercial Borrowing/ ECB External Commercial Borrowing or ECB is an instrument used in India to help corporates access foreign money. ECBs include loans, buyer/supplier credit, special […]
May 19, 2013
India has a large and diverse agriculture sector and the farm output is one of the highest, making India rank second in the world. States like […]
May 15, 2013
Indian states are competing with one another in announcing massive solar subsidies through reverse auction tenders. AP had announced a huge 1 GW tender as it […]
May 14, 2013
Every single solar thermal plant awarded under India’s federal subsidy program (JNNSM Phase 1) is delayed according to MNRE. Note I have been critical about solar […]
May 13, 2013
Urea Policy 2013 The new urea policy being unleashed in 2013 was expected to help the government reduce its fertilizer subsidy. However, the expectation did not […]
May 13, 2013
Indo-China War continues….. Recent media headlines have been all about the Indian Chinese border issue with both sides not budging from their stand. Note India and […]
May 8, 2013
Anti-dumping Duty in India The Government of India is in a fix trying to decide whether to impose anti-dumping duties or not. The Government’s intention is […]
April 28, 2013
The Finance Minister’s take on NPAs It seems the year 2013 will be marked as the golden year in the era for the non performing assets. […]
April 26, 2013
LDK sells Piecemeal The bankrupt Chinese solar giant is selling itself piecemeal to generate enough cash to sustain operations. The LDK Solar (LDK) stock has zero […]
April 23, 2013
India should fight back by imposing duties on Solar Panel Imports The Indian government has finally woken up and taken the fight to the US in […]
April 22, 2013
BASEL II BASEL II is a new capital adequacy framework designed by the BASEL Committee of Banking Supervision. It is mandated for all the scheduled commercial […]
April 22, 2013
Indian solar industry has been lobbying to get anti-dumping duties imposed on solar panel imports for a very long time. The global solar industry downturn has […]
April 19, 2013
China’s solar industry is in total chaos with massive overcapacity plaguing the industry for the last two years. Two of the biggest solar companies LDK and […]
April 18, 2013
Money Laundering in India At the end the shiny reputation of three of India’s largest private banks was pulled down by mere camera based sting operation. […]
April 16, 2013
Energy security Energy security is one of the areas where the government needs to work. The lack in the reforms, governance is doing no good to […]
April 16, 2013
Adanis, Ambanis and Tatas fail to build Thermal Power Plants in India The Indian government has sold the common Indian consumer short, to pander to the interest of […]
April 15, 2013
Solar Growth Solar demand is expected to surge by 20% in 2013, after a flat 2012 as lower solar panel prices boosts solar adoption in under […]
April 14, 2013
The State of Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Well it might seem shocking but the Indian states of Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh were […]
April 13, 2013
Indian Slums The recent report of the Census Commissioner very well depicts the state of the Indian economy. In India, over 64 million people represent the […]
April 12, 2013
Japanese Solar Boom The Japanese solar market has been booming in the last year, thanks to a very generous feed in subsidy being given by the […]
April 11, 2013
India’s Renewable Energy Industry India’s renewable energy industry is already facing huge problems due to the country’s dysfunctional governance. The whole power industry is in crisis, […]
April 11, 2013
First Solar (FSLR) We have been bearish on First Solar for some time as we felt that the company’s thin film technology is no longer competitive […]
April 10, 2013
Warren to buy Suntech? Suntech stock surged almost 28%, after a rumor that the world’s smartest investor Warren Buffet would buy the company. I don’t know […]
April 10, 2013
Lancaster to achieve the Solar Capital Status Lancaster is a high desert city in northern Los Angeles County, California. Lancaster faces high sunny exposure and desert […]
April 8, 2013
Mike Parker rightly said, “When you don’t invest in infrastructure, you are going to pay sooner or later.” Indian government after realizing the need of development […]
April 5, 2013
GAAR GAAR or General Anti Avoidance Rules is a concept which generally empowers the Revenue Authorities in a country to deny the tax benefits of transactions […]