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Debt repayment, servicing alone to swallow Rs2.2tr
Pressure to mount on foreign currency reserves due to growing debt pile
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Petrol price likely to go up by Rs3.22, diesel Rs5.02 per litre for May
Increase in diesel price, widely used in transport and agriculture sectors, will lead to higher inflation rate
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Power production rises 30% over five years
Installed generation capacity has gone beyond 29,000 megawatts
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Circular debt – a major drag on the energy chain
As govt’s tenure draws to a close, the debt problem aggravates instead of getting better
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False hopes: Surplus electricity – a far too less realistic picture
Despite repeated vows, PML-N may not be able to end outages by the end of its term
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Lobbies at work to turn energy mix in their favour
Present govt increasingly focuses on imported LNG and coal in power production
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Govt working on increasing tax on cigarettes
In FY18 budget, tax rate had been cut that increased tobacco consumption
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NEPRA slashes power rates by Rs1.86 per unit
Regulatory body declines govt’s request to increase tariff
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International conference: Kalabagh dam ‘surest solution’ to water woes
Experts urge world to persuade India to refrain from using water as political tool
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Govt not interested in adding to strength of inquiry commission on enforced disappearance
Turns down proposal for appointing former chairman as member









