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...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/in-praise-of-small-sector-why-it-is-the-unsung-hero-of-india-inc-2737656.html
India's economy: three cheers for the small sector; only two for the large
Read Part I of this article here.
Nobody denies that India needs to think big. It needs large corporations that can stand up to the headwinds of global...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Mar 13 -19, 2022
Too many laws but no justice.
Stock market logic is sometimes difficult to comprehend. Such as during last week when, despite several negative factors, the BSE Sensex rose 2329 points. This, when prices of...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-cultivating-seaweed-could-be-a-massive-opportunity-for-india-2589455.html
Harvesting seaweed
Asia stands as the world leader in seaweed cultivation and more than 80% is contributed by China, Korea and Japan. India has suddenly discovered that it too can be a player in this market
RN Bhaskar -- Jun 13,...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/india-forgot-about-the-water-footprint-4155691.html
India forgot about the water-footprint
Water series #7 -- other articles in this series are listed below
RN Bhaskar – 1 July 2019
In November 2004, UNESCO brought out a series of papers compiled by A.Y. Hoekstra which were aimed at making...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-two-villages-harnessed-solar-pumps-to-create-incomes-for-farmers-conserve-groundwater-4381161.html
Harnessing solar pumps to create additional incomes for farmers
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 28, 2019
This is a story of a brilliant concept that NDDB came up with – along the state power distribution company (discom) – which has become a...
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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2020-fm-sitharaman-proposes-doubling-milk-processing-capacity-by-2025-but-is-it-feasible-4933011.html
Budget2020 - Milk Processing: The government’s arithmetic concerning udders should give you the shudders
RN Bhaskar – 11 Feb 2020
“To build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of milk, meat...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/warehousing-is-a-great-idea-but-the-linkages-need-to-be-fixed-to-make-it-work-4893161.html
Budget2020
Warehousing is a great idea, but the linkages are missing
RN Bhaskar -- 1 February 2020
India has an estimated capacity of 162 million MT of agri-warehousing, cold storage, reefer van facilities etc. NABARD will undertake an exercise to map and...
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...
India's Achilles' heel is dispute resolution
Lecture delivered on Oct 28, 2020
https://youtu.be/89q-5cBOKzg
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Speedy dispute resolution will silence drumbeats of jobs
Effective dispute resolution needed for increase in FD!
Judiciary part IV: Can India hope for...
