http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-and-sweden-trying-to-take-their-sambandh-to-next-level/1117582
India-Sweden ties to grow stronger
— By Rahul Nayar and R N Bhaskar | Aug 08, 2017 09:44 am
Shortly after India’s independence in 1947, Sweden recognised India as an independent country, following which both Sweden and India established formal diplomatic relations...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/comment-how-politics-has-bred-npas-and-hobbled-our-banking-system-2539477.html
Banking, NPAs, and politics make a heady mix in India
Bank NPAs are likely to remain high as long as the government – through its politicians and bureaucrats – tries to control banks, and the manner in which loans are...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/opinion-please-leave-msme-interest-rates-alone-3207301.html
It is both stupid and dangerous to tinker with MSME interest rates
Banks are already weakened by bad loans. Concessional interest rates and forcing them to increase their allocation of funds to MSMEs from the existing 20-25 percent is not...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/heres-why-the-make-in-india-and-atma-nirbhar-bharat-ruse-can-cause-more-harm-than-good
The cobra effect the govt is blind to -- in IT, telecom, finance, and elsewhere
RN Bhaskar -- June 5, 2020
Management gurus call it the Cobra effect. That’s when a decision is taken that you think is brilliant. But it...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/nalco-bullish-about-its-prospects-despite-trump-import-tariffs-2589233.html
Nalco and aluminium - high conductivity
Nalco’s customers are of the opinion that the tariffs have been aimed at China and Russia more than at any other country. India was possibly part of collateral damage, they feel.
RN Bhaskar - Jun...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-iii-can-india-be-taught-to-respect-the-dead
The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/
The missing dead series – Part III
How does one ensure that deaths are recorded dutifully in India?
RN Bhaskar
Last week, he Supreme Court of India chose to reserve verdict on pleas seeking directions...
Xiaomi is shamelessly disdainful about the inconvenience it causes to customers, especially the disabled
Please also refer to https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/customercare-at-xiaomi-sucks/ which is the first part of this sorry saga.
On 14 June, 2023, I wrote to Xiaomi, informing me about how it...
Budget 2021
The Budget has been hailed as an "never before" Budget. Unfortunately, it does not live up to this claim. Here are some views by RN Bhaskar
Feb 1, 2021-- Five mistakes one must avoid while reading Budget 2021
(http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-and-myths-surrounding-it/)
Budget 2021...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/a-solution-to-indias-parking-hawker-problem-that-kills-graft-rewards-investors-unclutters-roads-2453549.html
Mumbai's parking and hawker problem can be solved quite easily if the authorities want to
Instead of letting hawkers occupy existing open spaces, the government should allow for more parking-cum-hawking multiplexes. Developers will be happy. So will motorists and...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/the-expanding-neem-portfolio-of-gnfc-2316949.html
Project Neem –II (part I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/gnfc-revives-the-glory-of-neem/
GNFC spreads its neem products umbrella
Rn bhaskar
“What began as a CSR activity soon began blossoming,” says Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, managing director, GNFC. “We began callecting more and more seeds. ...
