Shampa Bahadur has been a business journalist for more than two decades. She has written for Business India, PTI Media TransAsia and India Infrastructure Publication Ltd among others. She has also written coffee table books. She can be reached at shampa@indoasiancommodities.in
India’s total wind-solar hybrid capacity is set to reach 11.7 gigawatts (GW) by 2023, according to a recent report by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Research. As India’s new and fast-growing sector, and basing the analysis on tenders allotted under various central and state government schemes, Vibhuti Garg, energy economist […]
Black rice — nutty in flavour and deep purple in colour — once rare and “forbidden” to all but the Chinese emperor is globally charming its way into gourmet stores, fine dining restaurants, and health conscious foodie sites. In India, black rice or Chak-hao (delicious rice) has been indigenous to the northeastern state of Manipur […]
Eden Renewables India, an equally owned joint venture between international giants EDF Renewables and Total Eren has bagged three solar projects, totaling 1350 megawatt peak (MWp) in Rajasthan between April and July 2020. According to a press statement, these projects include two 450 MWp solar photo voltaic (PV) projects snagged during the last tenders awarded by […]
Bengaluru-based online fresh fish and meat retailer FreshToHome has seen an uptick in business since March 2020, as people are veering more towards online shopping. Mathew Joseph, the company’s CoFounder and COO talks to indoasiancommodities.com about the company’s growth so far and its future expansion plans. How has the year 2020 been for your Fresh to Home? […]
Attracting a US$10-20billion of investment commitments in the seven recent auctions in India’s renewable energy (RE) sector are reassuring given that there has been a slowdown in the pace of growth owing to the Coronavirus crisis which has disrupted the sector’s capacity tendering and commissioning process. According to a briefing note by the Institute for […]
The Gujarat state government has set the ball rolling for land allotment in the Kutch district for the largest hybrid renewable energy (RE) park in the world. This move follows the Gujarat cabinet’s recent clearance of a long-standing proposal of establishing 30,000 megawatts (MW) renewable energy (solar and wind) park spread over 60,000 hectares of […]
Sauces-dipping and cooking as a food segment is seeing a steady spike as people are getting swish with their culinary experiments to bring home the joys of dining out, as many restaurants, cafes, and pubs continue to remain shut to curb the spread of coronavirus. According to data from Kantar Worldpanel, which tracks purchases of […]
Tasting tea is an art embellished over a long period of time and the trade’s main gate to quality control. Tasters spend long hours swilling tea liquor in their mouth to determine the thickness, body and viscosity, judging character and aromas that eventually decide their future. Deepak Sarma, Head – Tea tasting, blending and buying, […]
Prices of Chinese solar modules have risen for the first time since 2017 and become a serious concern for Indian solar developers who expect returns on their projects to be adversely hit. In spite of the government’s clarion Make in India call for solar panels and modules, nearly 85 percent of solar equipment is imported […]
The Tea Board of India, seeking to curb the sale of illegally imported tea, has urged registered tea buyers to comply with disclosure norms such as declaring the country of origin and the full address of the importer or face suspension of registration. It has come under the Tea board’s scanner that of the 60.35 […]