A leading conglomerate in India has slowed down its green hydrogen plans, and senior executives who were hired for the billions of dollars’ worth project are all but idling. The reason is that globally the demand for green hydrogen-green ammonia remains uncertain primarily due to pricing. ‘The conglomerate is not likely to take it forward until it sees the prospect of healthy double-digit margin from it,’ said an investment banker. Meanwhile, on the green energy front, it will be likely producing solar energy for its own captive consumption. Everything will depend on how the global situation evolves. Revanth’s long-term plan While everyone thinks in terms of a decade or so, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy talks about creating a land record management system which will last for a century at least. The CM, who has been focused on cleaning the land records of the State, has instructed the officials to create a state-of-the-art portal called Bhu Bharati that is easy to understand for an ordinary farmer. He has instructed that the site should have sufficient security features along with firewalls. Sanjay(a)’s vision To a specific question on the possibility of a “double rate cut” as the real rate (repo rate minus retail inflation) at 200 basis points (bps) is higher than the normal 150 bps, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra gave a witty repartee. He said with a smile: “I am Sanjay, but I am not Sanjaya (Kaurava King Dhritarashtra’s charioteer, who has divine vision to see and narrate what is happening in the battlefield of Kurukshetra to the blind king) of Mahabharat to be able to foresee that far. I do not have the divine vision that he had. ” Miffed Shah Chennai’s media persons had a taste of Home Minister Amit Shah’s anger and humour at a press meet on Friday. It was a jam-packed hall with over 200 media persons. After his initial remarks in Hindi, Shah opened up the floor for questions and half a dozen of the journalists simultaneously started asking questions. Peeved with this, Shah said, “app pehli baar press meet mei aaayo hai kya? Ek, ek ker kee savaal poocho na.” (have you come for the first time to a press meet? Ask one by one). However, this continued for the next two or three follow-up questions, and he was really upset. To a query on what K Annamalai’s role will be, Shah laughed and said that decision be left to the party. Published on April 13, 2025