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.firstpost.com/business/budget-2022-why-provisions-for-agriculture-and-the-poor-are-laughable-with-no-attempt-to-reward-the-efficient-10341031.html
Budget2022
Everyone seems to be smiling, but the strains are visible
RN Bhaskar
The Budget papers have been presented before the Parliament. At the time this article is being written actual numbers for education and health are not available. The education budget...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/mannapuram-home-finance-could-be-a-financial-gladiator
Manappuram Home Finance aims at becoming immensely relevant to the Indian consumer
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- October 2, 2019
Taking pride in this fact, the company went a step ahead and decided to issue its maiden secured Non-Convertible...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-is-slipping-on-exports-and-employment
Focus on two E’s needed – exports and employment
RN Bhaskar
Work on the coming year’s annual Budget has commenced. The Finance Minister has invited suggestions from people on what should be done. At the same time, the Economic Affairs secretary...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-will-russia-india-china-become-the-new-global-centre-of-gravity-1993067
Will Russia-India-China become the new global centre of gravity?
Last fortnight, Russia and China entered into a 30-year contract worth $400 billion for supply of piped natural gas from Russia to China. This one deal could cause realignment of global...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/warehousing-is-a-great-idea-but-the-linkages-need-to-be-fixed-to-make-it-work-4893161.html
Budget2020
Warehousing is a great idea, but the linkages are missing
RN Bhaskar -- 1 February 2020
India has an estimated capacity of 162 million MT of agri-warehousing, cold storage, reefer van facilities etc. NABARD will undertake an exercise to map and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/gold-has-become-more-alluring-than-ever-before
PR Somasundaram-WGC-Gold requires one regulatory body
Tales around gold have always fascinated people. And as the price moves higher, or promises to climb, the fascination with gold grows stronger. Free Press Journal’s Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar spoke to World...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-the-governments-gold-policies-make-indias-neighbours-richer-and-this-country-itself-poorer-4574121.html
India's gold policies have impoverished the country
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 25 2019
In 2013, P Chidambaram decided to impose a 10% import duty on gold (https://in.reuters.com/article/india-tax-finmin/gold-duty-raised-to-record-10-percent-as-imports-revive-idINDEE97C03J20130813). The finance minister was quite savvy about the way financial markets work.
He knew too...
This artickle appeared in the 9-23 November 2015 edition of Business India on page Nos. 64-65. The pdf version of the article can be downloaded from here: 2015-11-09_BusinesssIndia-Covestro
Bayer spawns Covestro -- and a star is born
Covestro plans to carry...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/ups-job-woes-cm-yogi-adityanaths-slaughterhouse-ban-could-see-painfull-days-ahead-3347442.html
UP's Yogi Adityanath could transform Uttar Pradesh – but not the way to prosperity
By RN Bhaskar
Yogi Adityanath, the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh -- India’s most populous state, inherits a legacy that could drive the state into greater...
