Wednesday, September 30, 2026
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-for-farmers-to-make-money-the-government-should-move-out-of-procurement-2830791.html Farming, politicians and pricing Why can’t the government benchmark farmer incomes as a percentage of market prices? Why can’t the Verghese Kurien formula be extended to all crops? RN Bhaskar -- Aug 10, 2018  The Narendra Modi government had declared doubling farmers’...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/water-water-everywhere-nor-any-drop-to-drink-4082681.html Water series #4: abundance and penury in India RN Bhaskar -- 11 June 2019 (Other articles in this series are listed below) The title lines, taken from Samuel Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, could sum up India’s pathetic condition...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/the-electrifying-plan-that-would-create-83-million-jobs-from-solar-energy-2410301.html Decentralised, cluster rooftop solar could trigger employment growth in India RN Bhaskar - Oct 11, 2017 04:20 PM IST The key reason for not creating enough jobs has been the inability of the government’s planners to think out of the...
http://www.firstpost.com/world/euthanasia-debate-right-to-die-aruna-shanbad-india-us-italy-2790572.html How the world perceives euthanasia When one battles death at the age of 70 or more, the cause is heroic. But public reaction is a bit restrained. Death is eventually triumphant. Sadly, an old person fighting death, does not look...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/gujarat-elections-how-the-hindutva-beef-ban-may-have-actually-hurt-the-bjp-2463527.html Beef ban and Gujarat elections results may have a connection The Bharatiya Janata Party has won an underwhelming victory in Gujarat. And, ironically, one reason the result is a damp squib in this laboratory of Hindutva could be the measures...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/atma-nirbhar-bharat-and-healthcare-pushing-a-weak-and-sick-india-into-the-icu Atma Nirbhar Bharat and healthcare: even health, death and disease are forgotten RN Bhaskar – 19 May 2020 For policymakers and those seriously concerned about healthcare, a viewing of TedX Gateway Webinar with Dr. Zarir F Udwadia (Pulmonologist) which can be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/banking-on-liquidity-and-customer-trust-says-reliance-securities-lav-chaturvedi Interview -Reliance Securities' Lav Chaturvedi Liquidity and consumer trust matter By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- 26 Aug 2020 Reliance Securities, the broking and distribution arm of Reliance Capital, has been in business for over 15 years now. It has seen...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rn-bhaskar-india-russia-friends-for-70-years/1051178 India-Russia ties have strengthened over time — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 12:05 pm It was in Goa, India, that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted a joint statement ‘partnership for global peace and stability’...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/maharashtras-repeated-attempts-to-shut-down-dance-bars-shows-govts-specious-morality-distorted-priorities-5930611.html The legislative work against dance bars is specious morality, distorted priorities, waste of public money and the worst type of moral policing RN Bhaskar -- 21 January 2019 The Supreme Court has struck down the attempts of the state government of...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html Pre Budget notes #4 t RN Bhaskar  --  24 January 2020 By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope.  Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html).  Privately, economists...