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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...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/the-missing-death-data-that-would-have-helped-coronavirus-fight-5186071.html Coronavirus fight is hampered because info on deaths in India  disappeared from government websites RN Bhaskar  --  24 April 2020 There was a time when anybody could access data of deaths taking place in India.  Not anymore.  At least, the information...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtras-agriculture-conundrum-how-sugarcane-politics-roiled-other-nutrition-crops-over-years-3522263.html Its roots lie in exploitation of water and power, primarily by sugarcane RN BhaskarJun, 06 2017 12:13:53 IST Part 1 can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/maharashtra-farmer-agitation-conceals-65-years-of-politician-self-enrichment/ The battle for the rural heartland has commenced in full earnest.  Even though the two main...

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.freepressjournal.in/business/mpokket-is-catching-them-young mPokket is catching them young Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar   Digital lending application mPokket has chalked out a growth plan by connecting with its customers when they are young. The company plans to expand into areas that will allow...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/from-loss-of-jobs-in-the-middle-east-to-rising-unemployment-back-home-heres-how-the-oil-price-crash-will-affect-india Oil prices tumble.  Is that good for India? RN Bhaskar  --  21 April, 2020 Oil prices have crashed.  Just look at the chart alongside sourced from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52350082. It has plunged into negative territory because traders want to jettison the stocks they...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/we-want-to-grow-fast-and-right-abhicl-chief-executive-officer-mayank-bathwal/1355086 We want to move from pure health financing to health risk management says Mayank Bathwal, ceo, ABHICL — By S Narayanan and R N Bhaskar | Sep 13, 2018 Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company (ABHICL), the sixth standalone health insurance company in India,...

New Blueprint, New Opportunities By Guocai Tang, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai Views expressed here are personal 2020 is a year of outstanding challenges and has a far-reaching impact in human history. Towards the end of the...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/find-out-how-indias-vastly-unexplored-7500-km-coastline-can-generate-millions-of-jobs-3170668.html India's coastline and waterways can create millions of jobs In many ways, India looked a gift-horse in the mouth for decades. And the gift was water. For centuries, India ignored the seas.  It has a 7,500 km long coastline which it...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-petty-graft-could-sabotage-water-and-waste-management-and-even-the-pms-biggest-schemes-4236081.html Water #10 (Other articles in this series are given below) Water and waste management are crucial to the the PM’s biggest schemes, but they are being sabotaged RN Bhaskar -- July 23, 2019 There are three schemes of Prime minister Narendra Modi which...