https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/flying-higher-and-higher-with-haier
The incredible growth path of Haier in India and elsewhere
13 November 2019
Haier Appliances (India) P. Ltd is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Haier Group. It likes to remain low-key in its announcements to media, yet manages to be...
The brittleness of impatience crackles. There is the familiar irritable fretfulness of politicians and industry captains as they chafe against the RBI’s reluctance to ease interest rates a bit more. Unspoken, yet unmistakably implied, is the accusation that the...
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.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.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.moneycontrol.com/news/business/warehousing-is-a-great-idea-but-the-linkages-need-to-be-fixed-to-make-it-work-4893161.html
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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...
An edited version of this article appeared at https://www.cnbctv18.com/healthcare/coronavirus-what-india-can-learn-from-singapore-in-fighting-the-disease-5508351.htm
Coronavirus: lessons from Singapore
RN Bhaskar -- 18 March 2020
India is in various stages of a lockdown. In many cities and even states, schools and colleges have been closed. People have...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/more-doles-for-the-needy-will-only-result-in-more-corruption-3838161.html
More doles result in more corruption; NYAY and Ayushman could be the biggest of all scams
RN Bhaskar -- 18 April 2019
Doles, freebies and giveaways are wonderful electoral offerings (https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html). The marginalized love them. Bleeding hearts welcome them. But the...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-judicial-delays-hit-arbitration-awards-1736775
Arbitration too foiled by judicial delays
Poor institutional arbitration infrastructure and judicial interference have rendered arbitration a nightmare in India.
Despite the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 being in place, companies are increasingly taking the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) route.
The case...
Stories and analyses about Sri Lanka which India should pay heed to
RN Bhaskar
This time, there is no policy watch, my weekly column. One reason is that I have been travelling through Sri Lanka for the past six days with...
