MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.39% while Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.91%.

The solar capacity addition in India in the first quarter of 2020 was the lowest since 2016.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.71% on Monday,

RCEP covers 30% of the global economy and 30% of the global population, joining for the first time Asian powers China, Japan and South Korea. It aims in coming years to progressively lower tariffs across many areas.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.17% on Tuesday, a day after hitting its highest level since launching in 1987.

The pressure on Energy Solution Providers has been building for quite some time. Instead of backing coal, new finance is getting behind renewable energy and putting shareholder pressure on forcing decisions on those still involved in the fossil fuel areas.

The government will spend 1.2 trillion rupees ($16.1 billion) on the latest stimulus program in addition to the 1.45 trillion rupees announced on Wednesday,

"India is set to nearly double its energy consumption over the long-term," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the virtual forum. "Our energy sector will be growth-centric, industry friendly and environment-conscious."

The rise in imports came despite India's LPG consumption edging down 0.26% on month to 2.267 million mt in September after several consecutive months of increase, although it was up 4.8% year on year, the PPAC data showed.

Total US feedgas deliveries stood at 9.85 Bcf/d on Nov. 2, down from 10.02 Bcf/d the day before and 10.37 Bcf/d on Oct. 31

The government of India attaches great importance to improving energy security and transforming India’s energy landscape at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is adversely impacting the global energy sector.

With coal delivering to India for less than $3/MMBtu, the price is still more competitive than LNG,

ExxonMobil predicts that, by 2030, China’s LNG imports will “probably exceed” 90mn t/yr—50pc growth even from 2019.

With India’s growing gas demand outstripping domestic production, LNG is playing an increasingly important role.

Gas accounts for little over 6pc of India’s primary energy consumption mix, which is far below the global average. New Delhi has set a target to raise this to 15pc by 2030,