https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/shouldnt-india-issue-a-travel-advisory-against-trips-to-the-us-4916171.html
Coronavirus and other epidemics: Shouldn’t India issue a travel advisory against trips to the US?
RN Bhaskar -- 6 Feb 2020
First, a caveat. The author is no authority on viruses, and has based his arguments on the basis of material...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/jobs-at-risk-is-india-prepared-for-huge-unemployment-or-is-it-blissfully-sleeping-3353496.html
Is your job at risk?
RN BhaskarMar, 27 2017 08:32:18 IST
There’s a buzz about robotics everywhere. People are already talking about – and experimenting with – driverless cars. Then there is further talk about robotics – about how they could...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/slush-around-defence-deals-bribe-givers-are-penalised-but-bribe-takers-are-seldom-convicted-2823408.html#disqus_thread
Slush around defence bribery deals: no major defence scam has resulted in a conviction
Last month, the Government of India announced that it was cancelling the Rs 1,800 crore deal with Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS). The reason: WASS is...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/petrol-pumps-to-remain-shut-on-sundays-fuel-conscious-or-merely-money-conscious-3394038.html
RN Bhaskar Apr, 20 2017 10:55:48 IST
Petrol pumps take a holiday - why?
Last week, petrol pumps in India announced that they would shut shops every Sunday. The move was unprecedented.
Unlike most other establishments which have always enjoyed a day...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/importing-pulses-to-maintain-buffer-stock-but-govts-move-at-times-hurt-domestic-producers-3433380.html
Pulse of the nation - IV
The govt’s power to permit import of pulses can sometimes hurt domestic producers
Part I – Introduction. Misplaced fallacies.
Part 1I will talk about why wheat and rice have grabbed the politician-policymakers minds’. And how...
China begins serious work on social governance structures
RN Bhaskar
On November 17, 2019, the People’s Government of Wuxing District, Houzhou, China, held its inauguration ceremony of the Nan Taihu Social Governance Institute. It marked the birth of a thinktank dedicated...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-does-govt-continue-to-procure-rice-and-wheat-in-a-big-way-but-ignore-nutritional-crops-3425982.html
Pulse of the nation – II
Wheat and rice trounce nutritional crops like pulses in India
RN Bhaskar May, 05 2017 16:59:32 IST
Part I – Introduction. Misplaced fallacies.
Part 1I will talk about why wheat and rice have grabbed the politician-policymakers minds’. ...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/more-doles-for-the-needy-will-only-result-in-more-corruption-3838161.html
More doles result in more corruption; NYAY and Ayushman could be the biggest of all scams
RN Bhaskar -- 18 April 2019
Doles, freebies and giveaways are wonderful electoral offerings (https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html). The marginalized love them. Bleeding hearts welcome them. But the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-money-that-corporate-groups-manage
Money that corporate groups manage
RN Bhaskar
In many ways, this is an unusual article. It is about money. In some ways, it is in keeping with this column’s focus on exploring new ways to look at things. To go beyond...










































