In direct contrast to the speed at which private enterprise works, the Tamil Nadu government has suddenly decided to clamp down the work carried out by Great Eastern Energy Corporation in the state since 2010

AK Ramdas

There is always a big difference between private enterprise which is motivated by profit but that still serves peoples’ needs, as against political actions that show great concern for public reaction which may actually camouflage political motives and lethargy.

Take Reliance Industries’ (RIL) coal bed methane gas plant at Shogapur block in Madhya Pradesh.  RIL envisages a production of 3.5 mmscmd (million metric standard cubic metres of gas) of methane gas from 2015 and to show its seriousness, the company has even given a performance guarantee for Rs13 crore.  It expects to commission the plant by 2015. We should not be surprised, if RIL starts earlier, unless some stumbling blocks are created en route!

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