1) Air India requested an additional Rs. 2,000 crore from the government to repay debts as it requires Rs. 3,000-4,000 crore annually and has a massive debt primarily from aircraft purchases. 2) The Department of Telecommunications asked mobile operators to reverify 100% of subscribers by October 30th, posing a challenge given India's large mobile subscriber base of over 670 million people. 3) The first phase of NTPC's 1,980 mw power plant in Chhattisgarh is expected to become operational in December, with the second phase in March next year.