Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/comment-gold-loans-are-they-slipping-into-grey-territory-2483755.html
The government is shortsighted about gold loans
RN Bhaskar -- Jan 15, 2018 09:04 PM IST
What is interesting about this market is that even though it has been growing in terms of total value, its growth rates have been...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/we-as-government-want-to-make-a-history-mahadev-jankar/1072647
Mahadev Jankar wants to create history
— By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | May 23, 2017 08:25 am
Mahadev Jankar is a cabinet minister who is in charge of animal husbandry, dairy and fishery development for Maharashtra (from the representing...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/asia-dominates-on-internet-front-us-eu-way-behind-india-minuscule
Internet markets become more competitive
By RN Bhaskar
Fitch Ratings in its advisory dated 3 June 2021 (https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/chinese-internet-majors-investments-to-slow-profit-growth-03-06-2021) has underscored the possibility of fierce internet competition in the coming years. Already, major Chinese internet companies are prioritising investments in 2021. That...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/from-sri-sri-to-baba-ramdev-does-hinduism-produce-more-godmen-than-other-faiths-2730658.html
Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on Hinduism, godmen and the judiciary
Do Hindus produce more godmen?
It may sound surprising. Christianity produced only one saint in India — Mother Teresa — during the past three...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/which-way-will-the-energy-prices-go-2486151.html
Solar and wind could be the new energy sources
Over the past five years, all energy costs have been subject to two unanticipated headwinds. One was the discovery of shale oil which could be recovered quite easily at average...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/fcra-electoral-bonds-issue-supreme-court-upholds-fair-play-principles-once-again-3724051.html
The Supreme Court takes up the discomforting FCRA and electoral bonds issues and reins in govt arbitrariness
In doing so, the Apex Court re-affirmed the primary purpose of arbitration as ‘de-clogging the Court system.’ The Court held that such a...
This article first appeared in DNA in April 2009. But it does not appear on the dnaindia website now.
Maytas may soon be taken over by IL&FS
RN Bhaskar
There is every likelihood of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (...
Budget 2021
The Budget has been hailed as an "never before" Budget. Unfortunately, it does not live up to this claim. Here are some views by RN Bhaskar
Feb 1, 2021-- Five mistakes one must avoid while reading Budget 2021
(http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-and-myths-surrounding-it/)
Budget 2021...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-for-farmers-to-make-money-the-government-should-move-out-of-procurement-2830791.html
Farming, politicians and pricing
Why can’t the government benchmark farmer incomes as a percentage of market prices? Why can’t the Verghese Kurien formula be extended to all crops?
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 10, 2018
The Narendra Modi government had declared doubling farmers’...
Maharashtra could soon become part of BIMMARU
By RN Bhaskar
Image by Kalpesh Mistry
Is Maharashtra headed in the same direction that Uttar Pradesh has taken for the past few decades? Will it become another addition to the BIMARU grouping causing a...
