https://www.firstpost.com/business/onion-farmers-distress-verghese-kuriens-formula-of-giving-farmers-50-of-market-price-of-harvest-can-help-5662201.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true
How to protect onion farmers from distress prices
RN Bhaskar -- December 3, 2018
Social media is rife with the story of a farmer who got just Rs 1,064 for 750 kg of onion. So upset was he with the amount...
Budget 2023 looks great, but has little for agriculture which accounts for half of India’s jobs
RN Bhaskar
The claims are tantalizing. The budget proposals look wonderful. But much of the expectation of growth in the economy will eventually depend on...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/a-weather-company-helps-banks-measure-financial-risks
Yogesh Patil of Skymet is a weather man with a vision
Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar
Noida-headquartered weather forecasting services Skymet has been exploring new sectors to offer its products and services. While it continues to have a dominant...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/comment-lessons-not-learned-indias-scams-amount-to-enemy-action-2550399.html
Scams have become India's national pastime
RN Bhaskar
Once is happenstance. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is an enemy action.
-- James Bond (Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger)
The markets are in a tizzy. Believers in a concept called India are dismayed. The...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-dna-launches-its-policy-report-on-the-gems-and-jewellery-industry-2057473
A policy report on the gems and jewellery industry
dna has just put forth before the government a policy paper on “How to revive the gems and jewellery industry in India, and build on its employment and revenue potential".
A copy...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/making-the-poor-even-poorer
Making the poor even poorer
RN Bhaskar
On Independence Day came the news that the finance minister planned to soon review the exemption-free new tax regime with a view to making it more attractive for individual income taxpayers, sources said. Eventually,...
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...
This article appeared in DNA on 13 Dec 2010. URL not traceable.
But a pdf copy of the article can be got from
2010-12-13_LeisureBoats)
DNA Conversations
Leisure boating means money, jobs and even security
Leisure boating means money, jobs...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-ii-why-are-states-under-reporting-deaths-not-just-covid-19-deaths
The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/
The missing dead series – Part II
Why are states under-reporting deaths, not just Covid deaths?
RN Bhaskar
States under-reporting Covid deaths is well known by now. Some states have been so brazen about it,...
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...
