Analysis

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-dont-cripple-the-nation-with-onerous-import-duties-4868191.html Pre-budget notes #5 High import duties often pay for favoured promoters and votebanks, not the economy The announcement of the budget is barely a week away.  Government spokesmen claim it will kickstart a flagging economy.  Hopefully it will.  But if it...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/why-indias-part-illicit-love-affair-with-gold-will-sizzle-on-2324155.html Gold - I Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/duties-taxes-corruption-government-abets-smuggling-gold/ Part III can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/can-the-govt-clean-up-the-gold-trade/ India's appetite for gold remains undiminished RN Bhaskar Many believed that the government’s attempts in weaning people from gold were finally yielding fruit. But the euphoria...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/adar-poonawalla-ceo-serum-institute-of-india-need-to-examine-potential-of-vaccines-to-address-health-issues/1306747 Adar Poonawala - riding the vaccines market globally — By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | Jun 29, 2018 The Serum Institute of India, part of the Cyrus Poonawalla group, is a key global player in the vaccine space. From being seen...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/the-smoke-signals-about-the-economy-could-be-misleading-3147771.html Controlled debt, but poor investment climate, is bad news for the economy RN Bhaskar – Nov 12, 2018 At first blush, the economy appears to be turning the corner. Government debt is under control.  Yields are coming down signaling more confidence in...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/a-trade-crisis-looms-for-india-and-how-the-sun-and-waste-can-prevent-it-3719921.html How to avert an economic slowdown and BoP using sun and waste This article is an attempt to suggest how the worsening balance of payments (BoP) situation can be remedied through sun and waste. RN Bhaskar -- March 29, 2019 Within the...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-future-may-lie-more-with-russia-and-china-than-with-the-us-writes-rn-bhaskar India’s future may lie more with Russia and China than with the US RN Bhaskar In 2009, this author had predicted that India, China and Russia would have to work together (https://asiaconverge.com/2009/03/will-india-china-russia-dance-togetherincreasing-water-needs-will-china-dehydrate-india/).  Geo-politics suggested this combination. During the past 15 years,...

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-spectre-of-unemployment-2080974 Spectre of unemployment Monday, 27 April 2015 - 8:22am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dn R N Bhaskar A time bomb is ticking away — over 300 million jobs needed within this decade Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/world-dairy-summit-in-new-delhi-is-the-past-being-rewritten World Dairy Summit forgets Verghese Kurien Noida, September 12, 2022: The International Dairy Federation had its IDFWorld Dairy Summit in New Delhi (https://fil-idf.org/idf_events/idf-world-dairy-summit-new-delhi/), beginning today. Over 1500 delegates attended the inaugural address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Among those present were...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/cloud-town-betting-big-on-the-future Cloud Town heralds the future for China By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar 4 December, 2019 Cloud Town also houses the Alibaba centre for quantum computing, appropriately called Apsara, named after the Chinese belief that Apsaras -- who dwell in the clouds...

https://www.indiaratings.co.in/PressRelease?pressReleaseID=52222&title=rural-demand-to-support-economic-recovery%2C-but-cannot-substitute-for-urban-demand- India has specialised in the plunder of productive states ============== The other parts of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/ ========================== RN Bhaskar -- 3 September 2020 The government says it has no money for paying states their share of GST. There is money,...