Thursday, December 11, 2025
The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-economic-survey-2017-doesnt-have-data-tables-omission-or-oversight-3306734.html Economic Survey 2017 - where are the missing statistical appendices? By R.N.Bhaskar; 9 March 2013 The Modi government came to power on a chariot driven by three horses.  The first heralded a promise of less government more governance.  The second assured...
What Budget-2023 should focus on RN Bhaskar India has reached a stage when the Union Budget has become more of a non-event.  The first hope will be less of the long-winded speeches. Can we have clear crisp enunciation of the salient...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/are-indias-armed-forces-going-to-start-employing-youth-once-again Are India’s armed forces marching out of step by talking of mass short-term recruitment? RN Bhaskar -- 14 May 2020 Media reports about a paper circulating among army ranks about a “tour of duty” proposal (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/army-proposes-3-year-voluntary-tour-of-duty-cites-patriotism-unemployment-6408863/), have raised eyebrows.  According to...
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,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-ceo-and-md-praveer-sinha-we-are-doing-a-huge-amount-of-rd-in-micro-grids/1276683 Tata Power's Sinha wants  wants his company to be well-positioned to cope with the coming disruption — By RN Bhaskar, Jescilia Karayamparambil | May 15, 2018 Praveer Sinha, the newly-appointed CEO and MD of Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, is embarking...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/union-amc-aims-to-double-its-aum-in-fy-2022-to-launch-money-market-fund-soon Union AMC's Pradeepkumar aims to double its AUM in FY 2022; to launch money market fund soon Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar Union AMC aims to double its AUM in FY 2022; to launch money market fund soon |...
Global growth requires much more than GDP and population By RN Bhaskar On 9 December, 2023, a senior minister of the Indian government spoke at an industry forum.  He exhorted industrialists in the audience to collaborate further with the Government to...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html Uttar Pradesh and the numbers it conjures up RN Bhaskar When prime minister Narendra Modi described the Covid management of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as “commendable”, or even “unprecedented”, it made even the most neutral of economy watchers squirm uncomfortably.  The same...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/interview-we-will-announce-our-next-stage-business-plans-next-year-anders-grundstromer-2033058 http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epapermain.aspx?pgNo=13&edcode=820009&eddate=2014-11-08 We will announce our next-stage business plans next year: Anders Grundströmer Saturday, 8 November 2014 - 6:20am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA R N Bhaskar Anders Grundströmer is managing director, Scania Commercial Vehicles India and senior vice-president of Scania Group....