Sunday, October 11, 2026
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...
"Method to blackmail India": Senior journalist RN Bhaskar on Adani indictment 2024-11-22_ANI_ Senior journalist RN Bhaskar on Adani indictment 2024-11-22_ANI_rnb_Adani_ A Tool for Global Influence_ https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_-Senior-journalist-RN-Bhaskar-on-Adani-indictment.pdf ====================== https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167206-alleged-adani-bribery-case-a-tool-for-global-influence https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_-Senior-journalist-RN-Bhaskar-on-Adani-indictment.pdf https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_rnb_Adani_-A-Tool-for-Global-Influence_.pdf ======================= https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167525-allegations-against-adani-a-diplomatic-or-strategic-manoeuvre A Diplomatic or Strategic Manoeuvre_ https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A-Diplomatic-or-Strategic-Manoeuvre_.pdf ============== https://x.com/ANI/status/1859961205332562128?t=sRdWP8A0bVlaN2xAfSS3yQ&s=08 ====================== https://x.com/ANI/status/1859961819894603859?t=k9rLRm6_sW2Vf6WWDgcyaQ&s=08 ================================== Sergei Lavrov The US has a history of ruthless blackmail, as was articulated quite...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/beware-the-merchant-charge-that-could-boost-gdp-spur-inflation-2459237.html Will India’s GDP start soaring because of MDR? RN Bhaskar -- Dec 11, 2017 06:45 PM IST It now appears that merchant discount rates --the rate paid by a merchant to a bank for providing debit card services -- may...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/insa-ceo-anil-devli-indian-shipping-companies-are-growing-and-competing-well-but-mostly-outside-india/1366531 INSA CEO Anil Devli believes that Indian ships under Indian flags have been given a raw deal R N Bhaskar and Pankaj Joshi October 2, 2018 The origin of the Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA) dates back to pre-independence times....
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/warehousing-is-a-great-idea-but-the-linkages-need-to-be-fixed-to-make-it-work-4893161.html Budget2020 Warehousing is a great idea, but the linkages are missing RN Bhaskar -- 1 February 2020 India has an estimated capacity of 162 million MT of agri-warehousing, cold storage, reefer van facilities etc. NABARD will undertake an exercise to map and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/clinical-trials-for-ayurvedic-cure-of-covid-19-are-underway-says-patanjalis-acharya-balkrishna An ayurvedic cure for Covid-19 is underway. Expect more announcements -- Acharya Balkrishna. RN Bhaskar, June 1, 2020 Most people recognise Acharya Balkrishna as an associate of Patanjali.  But few know that he is much more than that.  He is, among...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-2751770.html The scorching pace of solar power – V This is the last article in a five part series.  The other articles can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/ India had every reason to do better...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-corporate-performance-3-value-added-is-extremely-important-for-developing-countries   Corporate groups-3 VA and exports are excellent indicators of financial performance By RN Bhaskar (the first two parts of this series can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/money-makes-the-world-go-round/  and https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/corporate-groups-2-are-they-profitable/ In this last part of our series on analysing the performance of  corporate groups, we look...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/banking-is-becoming-messier-in-india-rn-bhaskar The easiest way to thieve is by focussing on banks RN Bhaskar  --  19 December 2019 In her statement before Parliament on November 19, 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that public sector banks had reported fraud worth Rs 95,760 crore...