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Petronet: A ‘private’ entity in need of public scrutiny
Published : Apr 08, 2026 22:06 IST Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Ayush Joshi A company set up 28 years ago with public money to facilitate imports of natural gas for India’s industries and households is now caught in uncertainty amidst the war in West Asia. When the government established Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) in 1998, it kept a calculated loophole in the ownership structure. (LNG stands for liquefied...
Ola Electric Faces Scrutiny Over Product Issues, Service Failures And Falling Market Share
Sourya Majumder Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Updated: Monday, April 06, 2026, 09:15 PM IST Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal has founded three companies worth over a billion US dollars before turning 40—Ola Cabs (now OLA Consumer), Ola Electric and Krutrim AI. A consumer court in Goa asked the Bengaluru police to arrest him earlier this year. It was a mundane affair. A man bought an Ola S1 Pro scooter, which...
Greetings, I am Paranjoy. Elections will be held soon in West Bengal. It has been almost 15 years since Mamata Banerjee has been the Chief Minister of this state. Are we seeing anti-incumbency sentiments against the West Bengal government? If not, what are the reasons? In this state, political polarisation has taken place, including along religious lines. There are many allegations against the...
Ayush Joshi and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta For decades, the First Leasing Company of India (FLCI) projected an image of itself as a firm that was robust and healthy, reporting impressive growth and securing high credit ratings. The facade crumbled in 2013 when a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inspection alleged that the company had falsified its financial statements to hide an asset discrepancy of...
The Tiger Global deal and the legal controversy surrounding it have put the spotlight on the “Mauritius route”, that is, tax-dodging strategies involving the India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) signed between the two countries. The verdict examined the implications of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), which came into effect in 2017 under the Income Tax Act, 1961...
মনো ইথিলিন গ্লাইকোল (MEG), ভারতের মানুষের তৈরি ফাইবার শিল্পের প্রধান কাঁচামাল। এই মনো ইথিলিন গ্লাইকোলকে ঘিরে যে টানাপোড়েন শুরু হয়েছে তা দেশের বস্ত্রশিল্পের ভিত কাঁপিয়ে দিতে চলেছে। দেশে MEG-এর চাহিদা ও সরবরাহের মধ্যে প্রায় ৪০ শতাংশের বিশাল ঘাটতি থাকা সত্ত্বেও, সরকারের একটি প্রস্তাবিত নীতি এই সংকটকে আরও জোরালো করে তুলতে পারে। এতে প্রতিযোগিতার ক্ষেত্র ঝুঁকে পড়তে পারে রিলায়েন্স ইন্ডাস্ট্রিজ ও...
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