http://www.firstpost.com/business/in-praise-of-small-sector-why-it-is-the-unsung-hero-of-india-inc-2737656.html
India's economy: three cheers for the small sector; only two for the large
Read Part I of this article here.
Nobody denies that India needs to think big. It needs large corporations that can stand up to the headwinds of global...
When buying goods, look for CGST credit facility
RN Bhaskar
Update 2 - 1 March 2023: Croma is working towards being more customer friendly. It is now working on ways to ensure that outstation customers also get CGST credits. That's the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/troubled-waters-who-owns-the-right-of-way-on-indias-coasts-2739121.html
Cabotage and the right of way
The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) wrote to the government last month, saying the move to relax cabotage 'is ill conceived'
RN Bhaskar - Jul 20, 2018
Almost the entire Indian shipping industry is...
A modified version appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/milk-the-road-to-perdition-is-often-through-subsidies-5142591.html
Subsidies unmaketh the milk industry in India
Subsidies threaten an industry that can single-handedly change the fortunes of millions of dairy farmers in the country.
RN Bhaskar – 14 April, 2020
India’s milk industry – the largest...
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...
From Strength to Strength: Adani’s strategic initiatives enhance credit profile
INR 2.36 lakh crore worth equity deployed till date – 55.77% of total gross assets
Synopsis
For the first time, the equity deployed increases to more than half the total assets...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/passports-when-the-best-get-knocked-down/1229747
Is the passport being degraded as an identity document?
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 01, 2018 08:57 am
Last week, the government came out with a startling notification – that passports would now be issued without the mandatory police verification. Ostensibly,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/covid-19-march-will-soon-become-a-terrifying-sprint-in-india
Covid-19 -- the government has been caught swimming naked
RN Bhaskar
Today is Tuberculosis (TB) Day. Unlike coronavirus, where a vaccine has yet to be developed – it could take anywhere between a year to several years – tuberculosis has a...
De Beers loses big time in the Singapore courts
RN Bhaskar
For many diamond industry watchers, De Beers was always too big a player to pick up a fight with. It has eliminated competition ruthlessly, as the following paragraphs will show. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/kinetic-green-to-become-a-rs-10000-crore-company-in-the-next-10-15-years-says-sulajja-firodia-motwani-of-kinetic-green-energy-and-power-solutions
Kinetic Green and its green plans
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 28, 2021
Sulajja Firodia Motwani, a third-generation scion of the Firodia family, has seen the opportunity that COVID has brought for her company Kinetic Green Energy and Power...
