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_
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167206-alleged-adani-bribery-case-a-tool-for-global-influence
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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
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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...










































