https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-how-the-govt-failed-to-shine-light-on-the-solar-sector-3461301.html
How the government muffed up on the solar front
Most state grids are near bankrupt and cannot pay for the ever-increasing subsidy amounts doled out. Once the elections are over, they will have no option but to stop these freebies.
RN...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 17-23, 2025
Greed for tax revenue leads to bad decisions
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India’s tax/GDP ratio seems, on surface, to be low, at 11.7% (direct taxes 6.1% of GDP and indirect 5.6%). The ratio is higher in...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-petty-graft-could-sabotage-water-and-waste-management-and-even-the-pms-biggest-schemes-4236081.html
Water #10
(Other articles in this series are given below)
Water and waste management are crucial to the the PM’s biggest schemes, but they are being sabotaged
RN Bhaskar -- July 23, 2019
There are three schemes of Prime minister Narendra Modi which...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-did-rbi-and-the-government-allow-the-npa-loot/1273740
Essar, Videocon and other NPAs - did RBI and the government abet this?
RN Bhaskar | May 10, 2018
Bank NPAs are bleeding India. Yet, on 14 March 2018, the RBI governor, Urjit Patel bemoaned the fact that he had more power to...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-farmers-agitation-state-worst-performer-in-irrigation-policymakers-deserve-to-be-put-on-trial-5593031.html
The farmers’ long march to further distress
RN Bhaskar -- Nov 22, 2018
The chickens are finally coming home to roost. Thousands of farmers in Maharashtra have started a long march from Thane to Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Included in this...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-of-hermann-scheer-and-his-german-model-that-s-perfect-for-india-1508960
What India could not learn from Germany's Of Hermann Scheer about solar power
Hermann Scheer, the pioneer of Germany’s solar feed-in tariff (FIT) policy, died on October 14, 2010.
And in his passing away, the solar power industry lost a great...
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.freepressjournal.in/business/fpj-imc-forum-indian-food-processing-sector-is-still-processing/1152153
Food processing -- the new gold mine
— By Pankaj Joshi | Oct 12, 2017 09:29 am
Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set an ambitious target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 with the spotlight on the food sector and its...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/at-75-india-is-still-confused
‘Unauthorised electricians working on electrical network is a major concern'
AEML organizes community awareness sessions in April and May as the rains usually arrive in June, says Suraj Phalak, Head, Network Management, Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd.
The monsoons are here and...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-oil-at-250-a-barrel-how-we-could-get-there-and-indias-quandary-2706781.html
US misadventures with Iran could push oil to $250 a barrel, leaving stark choices for India
RN Bhaskar -- Jul 13, 2018
With scary forecasts doing the rounds over the price of crude oil, Artem Avinov, leading analyst with TeleTrade, was...
