https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-petty-graft-could-sabotage-water-and-waste-management-and-even-the-pms-biggest-schemes-4236081.html
Water #10
(Other articles in this series are given below)
Water and waste management are crucial to the the PM’s biggest schemes, but they are being sabotaged
RN Bhaskar -- July 23, 2019
There are three schemes of Prime minister Narendra Modi which...
http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-solar-power-over-water-an-interesting-bet-at-tata-1562042
Tatas floating solar could be a game changer
Published: Monday, Jul 4, 2011, 8:00 IST
By RN Bhaskar
Capturing energy through photovoltaic film on water surface is exciting, and has multiple benefits including on cost and environment fronts
Imagine a small film floating...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/pnb-scam-rbis-role-as-banking-watchdog-far-from-impressive-as-swindles-keep-happening-under-its-nose-4359605.html
PNB: Why did the dogs not bark?
RN Bhaskar Feb 20, 2018 18:06:11 IST
For the first time in decades, the entire banking industry is now under scrutiny. The PNB (Punjab National Bank) scam involving Nirav Modi and other diamantaires like...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-aadhaar-does-not-identify-it-merely-authenticates-thats-an-important-difference-2502509.html
Aadhaar: does it identify or merely authenticate?
Part of the problem in understanding how inadequate Aadhaar can be lies in the fact that most people cannot distinguish between authentication and identification.
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 07, 2018 08:54 PM IST
Aadhaar, the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indian-apparel-industry-to-grow-10-to-12-pa
Rahul Mehta talks about a strong revival for apparels
Rahul Mehta has a dynamic and multi-dimensional personality. He was the Past President of the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) and is currently the Chief Mentor of CMAI since 2020....
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/business/amid-coronavirus-lockdown-govt-stresses-on-need-to-exempt-transport-of-all-agriculture-products-from-restrictions
Covid-19
Firefighting on the agriculture front
RN Bhaskar – 8 April 2020
The central government has moved swiftly to contain what could be both a humanitarian disaster and a political blunder. On 3 April, Ajay Bhalla, home secretary, government of India wrote...
Stanchart tries to break Indian banking ranks
Stanchart, apparently, gets six of the smaller lenders to join ranks with Grant Thornton (UK), the audit and accounting firm.
Curiously, none of the Indian banks, nor Grant Thornton, is willing to confirm...
New Blueprint, New Opportunities
By Guocai Tang, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai
Views expressed here are personal
2020 is a year of outstanding challenges and has a far-reaching impact in human history. Towards the end of the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/opinion-why-modi-govts-push-for-ethanol-as-cheaper-fuel-is-not-good-for-india-2950791.html
Is the ethanol-for-vehicle-fuel concept a red herring for other interests?
RN Bhaskar -- Sep 17, 2018
There are five reasons why the push for ethanol is not as good as it sounds.
All of a sudden, a very strong lobby appears to...
