https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/nps-is-a-low-cost-high-service-oriented-old-age-security-program
Asvin Parekh reiterates that NPS is a low-cost, high service oriented, old age security program
By S. Narayanan and RN Bhaslkar -- Monday, December 23, 2019
That is what Ashvin Parekh, Chairman of the National Pension System (NPS) Trust says. This...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/for-whom-the-roads-toll-and-for-whom-they-dont-2408275.html
Road toll stations have done well; but they could do better
For whom the roads toll, and for whom they don’t
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 09, 2017 03:24 PM IST |
Despite the hue and cry about demonetisation, it is now...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india-has-begun-to-make-waves/
India has begun to make waves
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 11, 2015 01:11 am
There’s a lot going on in media nowadays that makes one believe that India is going downhill. It could be an orchestrated approach to malign the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/troubled-waters-who-owns-the-right-of-way-on-indias-coasts-2739121.html
Cabotage and the right of way
The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) wrote to the government last month, saying the move to relax cabotage 'is ill conceived'
RN Bhaskar - Jul 20, 2018
Almost the entire Indian shipping industry is...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-cultivating-seaweed-could-be-a-massive-opportunity-for-india-2589455.html
Harvesting seaweed
Asia stands as the world leader in seaweed cultivation and more than 80% is contributed by China, Korea and Japan. India has suddenly discovered that it too can be a player in this market
RN Bhaskar -- Jun 13,...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/india-forgot-about-the-water-footprint-4155691.html
India forgot about the water-footprint
Water series #7 -- other articles in this series are listed below
RN Bhaskar – 1 July 2019
In November 2004, UNESCO brought out a series of papers compiled by A.Y. Hoekstra which were aimed at making...
2026-03-21
Views aired by ANI and Republic about Iran
Views aired by ANI
Mumbai, Maharashtra: On oil and gas crisis amid Gulf War and implications on India, Editor & Founder, AsiaConverge, R N Bhaskar says, "... India will continue to get oil...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-the-risk-of-a-contagion-in-india-5065321.html
Coronavirus confirms government apathy for human lives
RN Bhaskar -- March 24, 2020
Testing and more testing is only way to know the extent of the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
India is in a lockdown, trying to evade the...
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...
https://www.etnownews.com/companies/the-supreme-court-committee-report-and-the-adani-group-article-100396969
The Supreme Court Committee report and the Adani group
The key findings of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court order dated March 2, 2023, are finally in public domain.
The report confirms some of the allegations made in the Hindenburg...









































