https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-slum-creation-is-a-mammoth-scam-across-indian-cities-and-towns-2961321.html
Slums: the destruction of democracy and financial propriety
Slum formation and protection is nothing short of demographic tinkering on the one hand, and buying votes on the other
RN Bhaskar -- Sep 18, 2018
Last week, in a quiet move, the government...
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.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/comment-farms-destroy-value-not-because-of-farmers-but-because-of-the-government-2521885.html
Farms remain a value destroyer, not because of farmers but because of the government
RN Bhaskar-- Mar 06, 2018 03:52 PM IST
To some extent the euphoria might be justified. Increasing farm production does normally mean higher incomes for farmers.
Most media...
http://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDLWbd3OWUGppEzYYC0yYO/The-Capitalist--With-increasing-water-needs-will-China-deh.html
The future of Asia lies with Russia, China and India and with Germany
Inconvenient questions. Relevant answers | RN Bhaskar
First Published: Wed, Mar 04 2009. 11 44 PM IST
China—and not Pakistan—is a bigger threat to India simply because it does...
9th March 2025
How India’s Judiciary got marginalised
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: CoPilot
On 23 February 2026, media headlines screamed out that the Supreme Court (SC) had pulled up NCERT for introducing, in the class VIII textbooks, a chapter...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/india-has-tremendous-advantage-in-solar-power-space-but-where-is-the-money-2746748.html
The scorching pace of solar power – III
This is the 3rd article in a five part series. The others 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 IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/
Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/
There is the crisp static of expectation in the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/desalination-niti-aayog-shouldnt-push-a-solution-that-is-irrelevant-expensive-and-polluting-4264111.html
Why is Niti Aayog promoting desalination which is irrelevant, expensive and polluting?
Water Series #11 --(Other articles in this series are given below)
RN Bhaskar – Juy 30, 2019
This article is aimed at providing a perspective that is different from the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-mood-is-upbeat-with-swedish-companies-in-india
Interview: Anna Lekvall
A flourishing relationship between Sweden and India
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 31, 2020
Like her predecessors, Anna Lekvall, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, plans to continue focussing on business, looking at India-Sweden ties. She...
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...
India’s poor record-keeping about deaths and ghost voters
RN Bhaskar
On May 22, 2023, there were news reports about the Home ministry planning to introduce a new Bill in the Parliament. The Bill would seek to link birth and death registers...
