Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/why-indias-part-illicit-love-affair-with-gold-will-sizzle-on-2324155.html
Gold - I
Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/duties-taxes-corruption-government-abets-smuggling-gold/
Part III can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/can-the-govt-clean-up-the-gold-trade/
India's appetite for gold remains undiminished
RN Bhaskar
Many believed that the government’s attempts in weaning people from gold were finally yielding fruit. But the euphoria...
The gold mining series- a blessing and a curse
December 2020 - January 2021
India is both blessed and cursed. It is blessed with a geography that can make it rich with gold and other precious metals and rare earths. But...
Why is MIDC silent?
For Part I see here (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/)
Legally speaking, MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) properties are ‘notified’ territories. This means that nobody can use any part of this area for residential real estate development purposes, as it is...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-warehousing-act-to-be-the-farm-game-changer-1478714
The birth of WDRA
R N Bhaskar | Thu, 9 Dec 2010-03:37am , Mumbai , DNA
On October 25, possibly due to tremendous pressure applied by the Supreme Court of India, the Warehouse Development & Regulation Act (WDRA) 2007...
Why I prefer flying Indigo, not Vistara
Updates:
21 March 2023 -- Another update. The Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities sent out another notice to the Vistara management, stating the following see image alongside. Please click to...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/courting-god-the-supreme-court-attempts-to-rescue-indias-temples-2730860.html
Why the Supreme Court's intervention is crucial for saving Indian temples
Editor's note: This is the second segment in a three-part series on Hinduism, godmen and the judiciary.
What is Hinduism?
One of the best definitions comes from the Supreme Court itself...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ningbos-rise-as-the-worlds-largest-port-has-lessons-for-india-4719711.html
Ningbo was India's trading partner even 2,000 years ago; then the Indian government turned myopic about trade
RN Bhaskar -- 11 Dec, 2019
Last year, the world-port-ranking underwent a change, when Ningbo-Zhoushan in south east China became the largest port in...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/mission-paani-authorities-slip-up-badly-on-waste-management-even-water-harvesting-4204031.html
Water Series #9
Other articles in this series are listed below.
The govt slips up badly on waste-management, even water harvesting
RN Bhaskar – July 15, 2019
Once the water is made available, it must be preserved. That is where water harvesting comes...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/opinion-foreign-aid-will-flow-to-kerala-whether-the-centre-wants-it-or-not-2873771.html
Disaster relief will flow to Kerala despite the central govt's dictat
There are several ways of looking at humanitarian aid. These came into sharp focus after the Union government refused to let the UAE donate Rs 700 crore as relief...
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...
