https://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-power-bill-waiver-beginning-of-downward-spiral-towards-bankruptcy-india-needs-to-check-frenzy-of-freebies-5761821.html
Gujarat power bill waiver: a downward spiral towards bankruptcy
RN Bhaskar -- 20 Dec, 2018
Few were prepared for the announcement. On Tuesday, the BJP-led government in Gujarat announced that it would waive off electricity bills of connection holders in rural...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/rera-consumer-is-the-king-in-uts-not-really-so-in-states-heres-why-3430006.html
Gearing up for RERA
RN BhaskarMay, 08 2017 10:25:35 IST
On March 16, 2016 – almost a year ago – both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha passed the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, popularly referred to as RERA....
http://www.forbesindia.com/article/independence-special-2019/india-in-the-1980s-the-lull-that-shaped-the-storm/54779/1
How the 1980s changed India almost entirely
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 12, 2019
(the pdf version can be obtained from 2019-07_Forbes-India-The-1980s)
Few people realise how dramatically the 1980s transformed India. It was accidental, true. But the change was cataclysmic with tremors shaking...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-of-hermann-scheer-and-his-german-model-that-s-perfect-for-india-1508960
What India could not learn from Germany's Of Hermann Scheer about solar power
Hermann Scheer, the pioneer of Germany’s solar feed-in tariff (FIT) policy, died on October 14, 2010.
And in his passing away, the solar power industry lost a great...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/satin-creditcare-is-better-off-in-covid-19-times-due-to-rural-presence-says-h-p-singh
Interview -H P Singh -Satin Creditcare
Microfinance has been doing well in these times
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- Sept 4, 2020
A law graduate and fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, H P Singh, has come...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html
Uttar Pradesh and the numbers it conjures up
RN Bhaskar
When prime minister Narendra Modi described the Covid management of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as “commendable”, or even “unprecedented”, it made even the most neutral of economy watchers squirm uncomfortably. The same...
Nothing like the sun
India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy (see chart).
Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year on year. It is worth recalling that it was Germany(http://dnai.in/bj4W)...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-supreme-court-to-indias-rescue-again
India's rights, laws and values are being protected by the Supreme Court because the legislators and bureaucrats failed miserably
RN Bhaskar
Last week the country got a whiff of fresh air, even though the shortage of oxygen continued. The courts –...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/looking-for-solutions-to-grow-cryptocurrency-usage/1177285
Cryptocurrency has its fan following
— By R N Bhaskar and Jescilia Karayamparambil | Nov 27, 2017 11:22 am
Cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin) have been gaining attention worldwide. This is partly because of the decentralised nature of the technology (almost similar to what Akamai...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/interview-india-and-china-can-benefit-tremendously-by-working-together-1821393
'India and China can benefit tremendously by working together'
Friday, 12 April 2013 - 4:19am IST | Agency: dna
R N Bhaskar
Liu Youfa, 59, the Consul General, Mumbai, of China is a rare combination of being both an economist and a...
