http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-saving-the-cow-comes-with-collateral-damage-jobs-exports-freedoms-votes-2307153.html
Milk, meat, cattle, people – II
Cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face
R.N.Bhaskar, Jun 19, 2017 11:27 AM IST
The first part can be viewed at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/why-the-cattle-slaughter-ban-is-a-bad-idea-mirrors-another-fundamentalist-streak/
Hopefully, the assurances on the cattle slaughter ban by the government before the SC on...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2020-airconditioned-freight-for-perishable-food-cost-will-be-the-critical-factor-4894101.html
Budget2020
Airconditioned freight? Who will bear the cost?
RN Bhaskar -- 1 February 2020
To build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of milk, meat and fish, the Indian Railways will set up a “Kisan Rail” – through PPP...
http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-100-years-on-hydro-remains-central-to-tata-power-s-plans-1927987
Hydro and the Tatas go back a long time
By RN Bhaskar -- Dec 2, 2013,
By next year, Tata Power Co will embark on its centennial celebrations.
The company began generating power in India through its hydro power station in Maharashtra...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-brace-for-economic-slowdown-after-2019-lok-sabha-polls-3289271.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true
Economic slowdown in India even further post-elections
RN Bhaskar - Dec 14, 2018
One set of elections are over. The results have confounded many. Psyphologists are still trying to make sense of what happened and why. The big one – the...
De Beers loses big time in the Singapore courts
RN Bhaskar
For many diamond industry watchers, De Beers was always too big a player to pick up a fight with. It has eliminated competition ruthlessly, as the following paragraphs will show. ...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/maharashtras-criminally-reckless-water-management-and-its-industry-unfriendly-moves-3138561.html
Reckless water management in Maharashtra borders on criminality
Water levels underground have fallen by more than a metre during the past few years. That bodes ill for both the quality of groundwater — which could turn saline or toxic or...
http://m.firstpost.com/politics/demonetisation-atm-chaos-pm-modi-should-have-gone-after-8-lakh-wealthy-farmers-not-common-man-3104572.html
More black-money could be collected from 8 lakh 'farmers' than through demonetisation
The demonetisation drive of the Narendra Modi government is expected to flush out black money. By demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, the government has rendered illegal...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/some-red-flags-in-the-economy-numbers-agriculture-is-the-most-alarming-2477189.html
Economic growth continues to falter. Watch agriculture
When agriculture’s GVA growth climbed from -0.2% in 2014-15, to 0.7% in 2015-16, everyone expected agriculture to continue doing well. This was confirmed by this growth rate further rising to 4.9% in 2016-17....
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/the-missing-death-data-that-would-have-helped-coronavirus-fight-5186071.html
Coronavirus fight is hampered because info on deaths in India disappeared from government websites
RN Bhaskar -- 24 April 2020
There was a time when anybody could access data of deaths taking place in India. Not anymore. At least, the information...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/banks-npas-non-performing-assets-psbs-foreign-banks-private-sector-banks-restructuring-fpj-imc-forum-rbi-reserve-bank-of-india-ss-mundra-2792866.html
Banks and the NPA problem
S.S.Mundra, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put it quite succinctly when talking about the NPA problem confronting India. Quoting Harold Macmillan, he said, “To be alive at all involves some risk.”...
