http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-is-a-global-servicing-hub-for-alfa-laval-products/1117581
Alfa Laval has big plans for India
— By RN Bhaskar and Rahul Nayar | Aug 08, 2017 10:14 am
For over three decades, Anantha Padmanabhan has been serving Alfa Laval at various senior and leadership positions in India, Indonesia and Middle East....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481
AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018
Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/new-government-will-inherit-unpaid-infrastructure-bill-of-rs-12-4-lakh-crore-3937001.html
Unpaid bills for the new government
RN Bhaskar -- May 06, 2019
The latest report titled ‘Status of Infrastructure projects’, from CARE Ratings (dated 18 April 2019) makes for interesting reading. But reading between the numbers, it becomes evident that the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/fpj-imc-forum-indian-food-processing-sector-is-still-processing/1152153
Food processing -- the new gold mine
— By Pankaj Joshi | Oct 12, 2017 09:29 am
Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set an ambitious target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 with the spotlight on the food sector and its...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/old-vehicles-scrapping-policy-foreign-exchange-siam-nitin-gadkari-gdp-2795360.html
Scrapping old vehicles: cash for clunkers
RN Bhaskar -- 23 May 2016
Media reports this morning, quoting a PTI source, referred to Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for surface transport, commenting on the need for an old-vehicle-scrapping-policy.
In fact, it is quite possible...
India and China -- taking the long view
RN Bhaskar
Most idealogues bristle at the mention of India China relationships. But there are many sane voices which voice the need for both India and China to work together. And one of...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 20-26, 2023
Same old, same old…doesn’t work
One of the weaknesses of the multiparty federal democracy of India is the propensity of politicians to make pre-election promises of freebies, in order to get elected. This is because...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editors-picks/the-chimera-of-affordable-housing/1448875
Is the government serious about affordable housing?
RN Bhaskar -- 31 January 2019
Time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Simon & Garfunkel, Broken ends
Fifty years is almost a life-time...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/falling-price-of-food-isnt-always-good-news-it-signals-deep-trouble-for-indias-rural-economy-5552731.html
But for oil, inflation is down. But the rural economy is still hurting
RN Bhaskar -- Nov 15, 2018
First the bad news. Inflation continues to climb (see chart). The wholesale price index (WPI) kept climbing since August this year,
But when...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-dna-launches-its-policy-report-on-the-gems-and-jewellery-industry-2057473
A policy report on the gems and jewellery industry
dna has just put forth before the government a policy paper on “How to revive the gems and jewellery industry in India, and build on its employment and revenue potential".
A copy...










































