Monday, December 29, 2025
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mpokket-is-catching-them-young mPokket is catching them young Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar   Digital lending application mPokket has chalked out a growth plan by connecting with its customers when they are young. The company plans to expand into areas that will allow...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-uncertainty-dents-funding-for-steel-1401296 India is upbeat about its growing clout in the global steel industry. But steel producers are a worried lot. While their plans are big, getting money to finance them has not been easy. And it is not because banks do not...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-india-must-turn-to-rooftop-solar-power-to-exorcise-the-ghosts-of-unemployment-2936071.html The unemployment spectre, and the way to exorcise it Several indicators project a grim picture of the rate of unemployment in India. Focusing on rooftop solar power could be the answer. RN Bhaskar -- Sep 10, 2018 The government is in a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-did-rbi-and-the-government-allow-the-npa-loot/1273740 Essar, Videocon and other NPAs - did RBI and the government abet this? RN Bhaskar | May 10, 2018 Bank NPAs are bleeding India. Yet, on 14 March 2018, the RBI governor, Urjit Patel bemoaned the fact that he had more power to...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-china-india-steeling-up-the-marketplace-1400885 Steel: China ups production; India ups consumption There’s a whirlwind of confusion within the Indian steel industry.  On the one hand, there is euphoria — demand for iron and steel continues to soar. And India knows that it, along with China,...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/even-the-iip-suggests-that-india-has-a-painful-six-months-ahead-unless-3995381.html The IIP points to economic slowdown RN Bhaskar -- May 20, 2019 The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) numbers finally confirmed a pattern that many said was likely to emerge.  But the picture could get darker in the coming six months. There...
India New Zealand FTA - Will this destroy the Indian dairy sector? By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: Business Standard Monday, December 22, 2025, almost every Indian newspaper highlighted the India New Zealand FTA deal. The font used was unusually...
Regulatory games can queer the pitch for both markets and  economy   The RBI is becoming capricious The RBI is a super regulator of sorts when it comes to financial markets.  Yet, lately, it appears to be becoming capricious.  That is extremely...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-death-with-dignity-is-now-legal-2524935.html The Supreme Court defends death with dignity, even as the legislature fails in its duty The apex court has allowed passive euthanasia, but wanted strict guidelines to govern passive euthanasia when it is permitted. RN Bhaskar-- Mar 09, 2018 07:25 PM...
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...