Bloomberg India’s federal government is asking provinces that are renegotiating contracts to reconsider their decision, as states backtrack from existing renewable power purchase pacts. “We are mindful of the difficulties being faced by investors in some instances where the state government is trying to renegotiate some of the executed contracts,” India’s federal oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at a BloombergNEF ...

Bloomberg Indonesia is planning a slew of incentives for electric-car manufacturers and drivers, to help bolster a sector that has already lured investment from Toyota Motor Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp., according to a draft government strategy seen by Bloomberg. The measures are aimed at accelerating the adoption of battery-powered cars in Indonesia and building a base for the production ...

Bloomberg Factories across Asia and Europe are increasingly feeling the brunt of the festering U.S.-China trade war that shows no imminent sign of ending. Purchasing managers’ indexes from some of the largest economies on both continents remained below 50 in July, signaling contractions in industrial output. Germany, the motor of Europe’s growth, is mired in its worst manufacturing slump in ...