Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Executive Officer (Global Infra Business), Sterlite Power Transmission, believes that transmission projects offer a significant change in risk profile, post the commissioning of projects on account of low collection risks and these projects generally get a priority in funding over other infrastructure projects.

India is the world's third largest producer and fourth largest consumer of electricity. With such a large size and being a capital intensive business, it has got its own importance.

10 MW in 2010 to 21 GW of installed grid-connected solar capacity in 2018 shows the testament of the Government of India's success in supporting renewable energy, especially solar, in India.

Competition exists in every sector; since solar is in demand and is a lucrative business arena, the competition only keeps intensifying.

India has taken a big leap in energy efficiency, with significant improvement in both supply-side and demand-side management in the past five years; the challenge now is to increase storage capacity and reduce T&D losses, says Renjini Liza Varghese.

India's power sector is in a catch-22 situation. A sound analysis of the power sector affirms that the sector is in the ICU where 78,000 MW of projects are under stress; and approximately Rs 1,200 billion worth unviable projects and PPAs are signed for a mere 7,000 MW.

We have formed a special purpose vehicle-JSW Solar-for pursuing our interest in renewable energy opportunities. We have approved the capital expenditure (capex) budget for setting up additional 10-MW solar power projects implying total solar power projects of 17 MW under implementation.

The key objective of UDAY was financial turnaround of power distribution companies (discoms), which would have led to purchase of more electricity, reduced load-shedding and improved hours of supply.

The power sector of the country has witnessed a considerable change and evolution in the last two decades owing to several policy and regulatory measures.