Reliance's broken promise is India's energy crisis

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Reliance Industries' broken promise on India's energy crisis amidst geopolitical tensions.

Seventeen years ago, Reliance Industries made a promise that was supposed to change India's energy future. It didn't. Today, with a war raging in the Middle East, the Strait of Hormuz mostly closed, and Qatar — India's single largest gas supplier — unable to guarantee supplies, that broken promise has become a full-blown crisis. India finds itself caught between Trump, Tehran, and its own structural failures. The IEA calls it the worst energy crisis in history. For India, it may be the moment that finally forces a reckoning. Tune in. Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.

People in this episode

Host: The Ken

Topics covered

• energy crisis
• Reliance Industries
• India's energy future
• Middle East conflict
• gas supply
• structural failures

Keywords

• Reliance Industries
• energy crisis
• India
• gas supply
• Middle East
• IEA
• Trump
• Tehran

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reliance Industries, IEA

Places: India, Strait of Hormuz, Qatar, Tehran

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