http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-aadhaar-does-not-identify-it-merely-authenticates-thats-an-important-difference-2502509.html
Aadhaar: does it identify or merely authenticate?
Part of the problem in understanding how inadequate Aadhaar can be lies in the fact that most people cannot distinguish between authentication and identification.
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 07, 2018 08:54 PM IST
Aadhaar, the...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/meghalaya-mine-tragedy-despite-large-scale-exploitation-successive-govts-colluded-in-concealing-illegal-mining-in-north-east-5857011.html
How successive government colluded in concealing illegal mining – especially in the North East
RN Bhaskar -- 8 January 2019
Illegal mining is like slavery. People can justify them with specious logic – as Karl Popper would have loved to explain...
An abridged version of this article can be found at
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-solar-alliance-can-match-opec-only-if-ground-rules-are-modified-3027551.html
Can the International Solar Alliance match OPEC?
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 10, 2018
The occasion was the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). The speaker was Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/farmers-on-the-war-path-solution-lies-not-in-msp-but-in-giving-farmers-a-share-in-the-revenue-5313951.html
Farmers on the warpath – expected and inevitable
RN Bhaskar - Oct 4, 2018
In many ways, the agitation by farmers around Delhi and Gaziabad was to have been expected. India is moving rapidly towards general elections. Each constituent of India’s...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/russia-and-india-have-begun-to-tango-here-is-why-pm-modis-moscow-visit-is-critical-4472911.html/amp
Russia and India have begun to tango
RN Bhaskar – 25 Sept 2019
Last week, all news wires were full of developments on the India-Russia front. There was information that India and Russia had tied up to activate a maritime route...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/sustainability-makes-economic-sense-says-accs-ceo-sridhar-balakrishnan
ACC works relentlessly towards sustainability
The sustainability focus for ACC, a subsidiary of Holcim, is on account of two key concerns. The first is that every citizen of this world should leave it a better place for our children than...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-is-setting-up-the-worlds-largest-rural-electrification-sustainability-project
Tata Power: Powering rural micro-entrepreneurship through clean energy
TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power has launched what could be termed as the world’s largest sustainability programme of renewable energy for rural areas. It has covered more than...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indian-apparel-industry-to-grow-10-to-12-pa
Rahul Mehta talks about a strong revival for apparels
Rahul Mehta has a dynamic and multi-dimensional personality. He was the Past President of the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) and is currently the Chief Mentor of CMAI since 2020....
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/some-red-flags-in-the-economy-numbers-agriculture-is-the-most-alarming-2477189.html
Economic growth continues to falter. Watch agriculture
When agriculture’s GVA growth climbed from -0.2% in 2014-15, to 0.7% in 2015-16, everyone expected agriculture to continue doing well. This was confirmed by this growth rate further rising to 4.9% in 2016-17....
Without justice India cannot progress
Part 1
The judiciary’s fabric is frayed, thanks primarily to the government . . .
Why should legislators and bureaucrats have longer tenures than judges? It should be the other way around. Are judicial vacancies a way...
