Prashant Mukherjee

Senior Assistant Editor - Energy, ET Prime

Covering the oil, gas and broader energy sector, while also breaking stories on major developments in financial markets and the FMCG space.

Covering the oil, gas and broader energy sector, while also breaking stories on major developments in financial markets and the FMCG space.

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Stories by the author

• Companies seek lifting of curbs on gas pipeline integration

  
  10 Jun 2026 12:51 AM IST
• LPG crunch forces IRCTC to resume cooking onboard; 60% of railway food to be prepared on electricity

  
  09 Jun 2026 01:06 AM IST

• Environment

  Melting mountains: Can India defuse 189 looming flood risks in Himalayas?

  
  11 mins read3 Jun 2026
• Solar surge hits coal wall, 300 GWh of clean power wasted in Q1 of 2026

  
  26 May 2026 12:51 AM IST

• Energy

  An unusual skill shortage that’s stalling govt’s PNG push

  
  5 mins read21 May 2026
• Ready to flex ethanol muscle, E100 gets road map to cut oil imports

  
  20 May 2026 12:31 AM IST
• Worker shortage clogs up piped gas adoption; 2030 goal seems doubtful

  
  19 May 2026 01:35 AM IST
• India working on Rs 40,000 crore subsea gas pipeline project to help mitigate risks brought to fore by Hormuz blockade

  
  14 May 2026 04:30 AM IST

• Economy

  Iran war impact: Oil prices may be just one among many to pinch you

  
  6 mins read13 May 2026

• Energy security

  Why oil at USD100 doesn’t shake India like it once did

  
  7 mins read8 May 2026

• FMCG

  Falling prices, Gulf risks: A spice king’s growth recipe falters

  
  6 mins read7 May 2026
• GAIL moves court against PNGRB over unbundling plan

  
  02 May 2026 12:43 AM IST
• Govt awarded 172 oil & gas blocks in 10 years, but negligible output brings policy and execution into focus

  
  02 May 2026 12:31 AM IST

• Energy

  INR35k-cr windfall: What Hormuz crisis, rising crude mean for ONGC, OIL

  
  5 mins read28 Apr 2026
• Vaishno Devi 'silver' offerings scam: Mint finds toxic fake metal in donations

  
  21 Apr 2026 06:00 AM IST

• Economy

  Close, open, close again: Can India find a way out of Hormuz logjam?

  
  7 mins read20 Apr 2026

• Energy

  Why PNG for every kitchen remains a pipe dream amid LPG crunch

  
  8 mins read16 Apr 2026

• Energy

  How the promised gains from ethanol blending of petrol evaporated

  
  8 mins read8 Apr 2026

• Energy security

  Is govt’s fuel tax balancing act enough to avoid crude shock?

  
  6 mins read30 Mar 2026

• Energy security

  Iran says Hormuz open for all but enemies. Too early for India to celebrate?

  
  7 mins read17 Mar 2026

• Energy

  Tata Power losing nearly INR100 crore a month as Gujarat drags feet on deal

  
  6 mins read10 Mar 2026

• Energy security

  All eyes on crude, but it's something else that could trip economy

  
  8 mins read6 Mar 2026

• Energy

  Battlefields and barrels: The explosive link between war and crude

  
  7 mins read2 Mar 2026

• FMCG

  Soft drink’s Jio moment? RIL’s Campa tests Coke-Pepsi duopoly of 30 years.

  
  7 mins read26 Feb 2026

• Economy

  India’s post-pandemic K-shaped recovery is flattening. Here’s why

  
  6 mins read23 Feb 2026

• FMCG

  Beyond biscuits: ‘Forgotten brands’ power Britannia’s rise amid FMCG fall

  
  7 mins read20 Feb 2026

• Private Equity and Venture Capital

  How an INR5 snack made Haldiram’s, Balaji private equity darlings

  
  10 mins read18 Feb 2026

• Taxation

  Faceless I-T appeal system erupts as senior officers want reviews sans rulebook

  
  5 mins read9 Feb 2026

• Economy

  What problems does US deal solve; and what it doesn’t

  
  10 mins read3 Feb 2026

• Strategy

  Titan’s U-turn to sparkle when gold goes beyond reach

  
  8 mins read3 Feb 2026

• Budget

  How Budget’s digital blueprint marks a shift from concrete to code

  
  3 mins read1 Feb 2026

• Economy

  Can Sula keep pouring as FTA raises a toast for European wine?

  
  8 mins read29 Jan 2026

• Energy

  Can long-stranded gas plants still save Digital India’s power needs?

  
  8 mins read22 Jan 2026

• Energy

  As Russian oil becomes off-limit, can Venezuelan crude fuel Indian refineries?

  
  10 mins read15 Jan 2026

• Agriculture

  How biryani lost a Himalayan spice, and farmers their livelihood

  
  9 mins read29 Dec 2025

• Strategy

  Bata has slipped in young, stylish India. Can it find its footing again?

  
  9 mins read23 Dec 2025

• Energy

  Tata fixed Odisha’s stressed grid that’s now powering its INR10k cr green bet

  
  12 mins read17 Dec 2025

• Strategy

  Kwality Walls is on its own now. Can it take on Amul, Hatsun?

  
  11 mins read10 Dec 2025

• Energy

  ONGC’s long-awaited recovery falters as performance slips back

  
  8 mins read5 Dec 2025

• Energy

  The pipeline reform that may redraw India’s energy map in favour of private cos

  
  11 mins read1 Dec 2025

• FMCG

  Marico glided with Parachute for ages, now it is hit by a blue bottle storm

  
  9 mins read24 Nov 2025

• Energy

  GAIL built nation's gas pipelines for 4 decades. Now it is battling to retain the edge

  
  10 mins read20 Nov 2025

• Energy

  Can America really bring down your cooking-gas bill?

  
  6 mins read18 Nov 2025

• Energy

  India’s latest power reforms: Breather for discoms or quiet privatisation?

  
  10 mins read14 Nov 2025

• Strategy

  How so called ‘New Age’ cos like Lenskart go old ways to raise billions from investors

  
  7 mins read10 Nov 2025

• Strategy

  How DOMS turned pencil into a sword to end Camlin’s 100-year run

  
  11 mins read6 Nov 2025

• Energy

  How India’s quest to build a global energy co was shattered

  
  10 mins read4 Nov 2025

• Energy security

  Has Reliance opened a window of hope for an Indo-US trade deal?

  
  6 mins read23 Oct 2025