http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-sibal-s-kiss-of-death-1385602
Thursday, 20 May 2010
The RTE and the foreign universities could ensure the collapse of school and higher education.
Kapil Sibal, the Union minister for human resources development (HRD), is a man in a hurry. That could explain why he has...
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/water-conservation-what-can-india-learn-from-israels-expertise-4411021.html
Uri Schor talks about water management in Israel
As Israel had little water, it had to remind its people that water was a miracle.
R.N.Bhaskar – September 7, 2019
Lately, water has begun to obsess India. However, the sense of urgency has...
Moneycontrol carried a modified version of this article at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-an-opportunity-to-overhaul-indias-ailing-healthcare-sector-5079501.html
Coronavirus II –
Needed an overhaul of medicare: more free testing, more accountability
RN Bhaskar
The first part of this series appeared at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-contagion-india/
On the night of 24 March, the prime minister informed...
https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/then-a-mundhra-now-a-mallya/299122
If you want to rob everyone, just start a bank
R.N.Bhaskar -
31 July 2017 Business Opinion
There is an old saying which puts it quite pithily: “If you have a gun, you may be able to rob a bank; but if...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/creation-of-jobs-improving-judicial-adjudication-and-bringing-in-foreign-investment-to-remain-concerns-in-2019-5791051.html
The year that was – dreams, prayers and promises -- jobs, adjudication, FDI
RN Bhaskar -- December 26, 2017
When one thinks of the past year, one must see it as a culmination of the four years gone by – when...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Oct 1-7, 2022
The environment be damned
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to impose a huge burden on the global economy, (especially the EU economies), on global trade and on the environment. The pledges made...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-two-villages-harnessed-solar-pumps-to-create-incomes-for-farmers-conserve-groundwater-4381161.html
Harnessing solar pumps to create additional incomes for farmers
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 28, 2019
This is a story of a brilliant concept that NDDB came up with – along the state power distribution company (discom) – which has become a...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/why-protection-from-markets-leads-to-rip-offs-an-example-from-tribal-india-2417491.html
When protection becomes oppression – reservation invariably leads to exploitation and degradation in tribal India
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 23, 2017 04:33 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
When politicians come forward to reserve entitlements for the common folk, they are...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-focus-on-agriculture-to-revive-indias-economy
Budget-22 ought to focus on agriculture
RN Bhaskar
The finance minister will be announcing her budget-22 measures soon. Once again, you can expect her to assure the country that all-is-well. This is a song we have heard for the past several...
