http://www.firstpost.com/india/bribery-in-india-how-to-minimise-bribe-giving-and-taking-2818398.html
How to control bribery in India
This is the second and final part of a series on bribery. The first part examined a variety of scenarios wherein Indian laws can be seen to be protecting and promoting bribery and corruption....
http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtras-agriculture-conundrum-how-sugarcane-politics-roiled-other-nutrition-crops-over-years-3522263.html
Its roots lie in exploitation of water and power, primarily by sugarcane
RN BhaskarJun, 06 2017 12:13:53 IST
Part 1 can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/maharashtra-farmer-agitation-conceals-65-years-of-politician-self-enrichment/
The battle for the rural heartland has commenced in full earnest. Even though the two main...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/news/business/economy/opinion-why-discom-losses-are-continuing-to-hurt-despite-modi-govts-uday-scheme-2974191.html
Discom losses finally make power generators squeal
India will have to find out ways to cope with an Rs 4.8 lakh crore debt burden in the power sector. This, however, is most likely to be taken up by the new...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-there-are-no-winners-in-farm-loan-waivers-3314251.html
Moneycontrol
The pestilence of farm loan-waivers
Farm loan waivers represent bad economics, bad banking and promote the wrong type of social values. They end up hurting farmers
RN Bhaskar – 21 Dec 2018
Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-are-strong-governments-bad-for-the-indian-economy-2528037.html
In India, strong governments often result in weak economies
RN Bhaskar - Mar 14, 2018 07:09 PM IST
Could India’s GDP growth rates continue to be subdued in the coming years? The government denies this. It sounds bullish. Its spokesmen state...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-china-india-steeling-up-the-marketplace-1400885
Steel: China ups production; India ups consumption
There’s a whirlwind of confusion within the Indian steel industry. On the one hand, there is euphoria — demand for iron and steel continues to soar.
And India knows that it, along with China,...
EAS Sarma to the Election Commission post 2024 elections
This is a letter written by EAS Sarma, former secretary to the government of India on 2 June 2024, on the role of the Election Commission and the sins of omission...
For the birds, bees and other animals
By SV
On the morning of 27th October, 2023, Mumbaikars residing at Malabar Hill were shocked to be greeted by numerous signboards during their walks through the Priyadarshini Park (PDP). These signboards had been...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/solar-powered-decentralised-desalination-plants-will-become-popular
Solar-powered decentralised desalination plants will become popular for water
Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar
Israeli hydrogeologist Dr Lior Asaf, the first-ever Water Attaché to India, recently participated in a roundtable discussion on Mumbai-Israel Water Cooperation. This discussion, focused on different...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/russia-and-india-have-begun-to-tango-here-is-why-pm-modis-moscow-visit-is-critical-4472911.html/amp
Russia and India have begun to tango
RN Bhaskar – 25 Sept 2019
Last week, all news wires were full of developments on the India-Russia front. There was information that India and Russia had tied up to activate a maritime route...
