All stories by Sudheer Pal Singh
Crude oil tanks; India's gain could be well over Rs 1 lakh cr
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015Chinese stock markets suffered their biggest single-day drop since the global financial crisis.
Weak crude oil may bring Rs 88,800-cr gains this year
Rediff.com9 Aug 2015Indian basket at 6-month low of $49.11 a bbl
Govt hopes to make Swiss Challenge work for railways
Rediff.com5 Aug 2015Has the rail ministry taken care to draw up a transparent framework?
Indian crude oil at 4-month low to cut govt subsidy burden
Rediff.com28 Jul 2015The Indian basket represents the price of Oman and Dubai sour grade crude.
Look whose helping the Indian Railways to get back in shape
Rediff.com10 Jul 2015BookMyTrain charges the customer Rs 40 for delivering a sleeper class ticket and Rs 60 per ticket for AC class.
With premium Suvidha trains, railways on track
Rediff.com8 Jul 2015New service will also make waitlisted tickets a thing of the past.
764,266 consumers step on gas to 'Giveitup'
Rediff.com6 Jul 2015Govt diverts Rs 253-crore subsidy savings to the poor.
Derailed projects throw railways off track
Rediff.com3 Jul 2015The sector is witnessing weak tendering.
Indian crude oil basket dips to 3-week low on Greek crisis
Rediff.com1 Jul 2015Declining crude price translates into lower under-recoveries for OMCs
'Railways may be running many Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi trains at a loss'
Rediff.com19 Jun 2015The losses ranged between Rs 33,204 and Rs 10,90,480.
Many initiatives on amenities in railways but progress still long way
Rediff.com25 May 2015The ministry has also decided to offer station for redevelopment by inviting open bids from companies.
Rising oil prices may leave Rs 14k-cr gap in fuel subsidy
Rediff.com7 May 2015Government's fuel subsidy estimate was based on crude oil at $70.
Indian Railways and the case of privatisation
Rediff.com15 Apr 2015Lacklustre incentives and unclear policies have always kep private players at bay from investing in Indian Railways.
Why India's hunger for petro products at 2-year high? 10 reasons
Rediff.com31 Mar 2015The growth, however, may not indicate a major revival of economic activity.
Gas pooling may revive Rs 60k-crore stuck investment
Rediff.com22 Mar 2015Pooling will also kick-start projects of Reliance Power, Torrent, Lanco.
Govt's infrastructure push yet to prop industrial revival
Rediff.com20 Mar 2015The number of infrastructure projects cleared by a monitoring group set up in the Cabinet Secretariat had increased consistently in the past year.
Railways might not meet operating ratio target
Rediff.com26 Feb 2015Operating ratio is a parameter that measures financial performance.
Railways gets cracking on environment protection, fuel bill
Rediff.com2 Feb 2015Diesel prices for the Railways have come down from Rs 60.08 a litre in June to Rs 50.51 a litre now.
Railways riding on higher freight rates, improved traffic
Rediff.com22 Jan 2015Freight earnings accounted for 65 per cent of IR's total earnings of Rs 144,167 crore (Rs 1,441.67 billion) in 2013-14.
4 reasons why crude oil price crash is not sustainable
Rediff.com9 Jan 2015The ongoing oil price decline is mainly a result of oversupply in the global market