Thursday, March 12, 2026
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rn-bhaskar-india-russia-friends-for-70-years/1051178 India-Russia: Friends for 70 Years — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 12:05 pm Soviet Ambassador Kirill Novikov arriving in New Delhi 1947 to establish formal diplomatic relations with India It was in Goa, India, that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime...
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/environment/opinion-govt-must-not-look-the-other-way-at-these-rat-hole-mines-3351001.html The Meghalaya mining disaster shows how the country has woken up again to the proliferation of illegal mines RN Bhaskar -- Jan 03, 2019 Even as this article is being written, rescue operations are underway to evacuate the 15 miners trapped...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-corporate-performance-3-value-added-is-extremely-important-for-developing-countries   Corporate groups-3 VA and exports are excellent indicators of financial performance By RN Bhaskar (the first two parts of this series can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/money-makes-the-world-go-round/  and https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/corporate-groups-2-are-they-profitable/ In this last part of our series on analysing the performance of  corporate groups, we look...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/opinion-do-the-stock-markets-care-for-economic-growth-3073061.html Poor HCI rankings and a rising stockmarket RN Bhaskar -- Oct 23, 2018 One of the best indicators about the capriciousness of markets can be found in the recently introduced ranking of countries - the Human Capital Index.   Common sense would compel...
http://m.firstpost.com/world/democrat-minority-politics-send-chinatown-plumping-for-trump-other-asians-may-follow-suit-3074222.html Democrat minority politics send Chinatown plumping for Trump, other Asians may follow suit RN Bhaskar Oct 26, 2016 17:13 IST With the commencement of early elections, there is growing unease in the Hillary Clinton camp. Most Chinese in and around...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/special-courts-for-accused-politicos-is-tokenism-the-rot-goes-deeper-2461725.html Special courts for everyone; not just for elected representatives is required The government’s decision to set up special courts to deal with cases against elected representatives has been hailed as being one that could deal a body blow to...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/slush-around-defence-deals-bribe-givers-are-penalised-but-bribe-takers-are-seldom-convicted-2823408.html#disqus_thread Slush around defence bribery deals: no major defence scam has resulted in a conviction Last month, the Government of India announced that it was cancelling the Rs 1,800 crore deal with Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS). The reason: WASS is...

How India was plundered, again and again Part I – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/08/government-plunder-productive-states-in-india/ Part II – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-again-by-tweaking-rules-against-prosperous-states-and-encouraging-profloigacy-irresponsibility/ Part III — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-iii-through-tax-devolution-and-transfgers/ Part IV — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/indian-governments-outdid-aurangzeb-they-emasculated-hindu-temples/ Part V :  http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-v-many-ways-plundering-india/ ——————————————
  https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-double-vision-of-the-guys-at-rbi The RBI's fragmented and flawed vision If keeping eyes closed is also considered, the RBI has three visions RN Bhaskar -- 24 November 2020 The people at RBI suffer from a double vision.  At times they do good, even amazing, things.  But...