2007-10_DVV-Gautam-Adani_The-man-who-could-change-India-The-Mundra-story
Gautam Adani and Mundra - both could transform India
Mundra is India's deepest port. It is also an all-weather port which promises to become its biggest and best investment destination
RN Bhaskar - October 2007, DVV - Log.in
There are moments in...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/special-courts-for-accused-politicos-is-tokenism-the-rot-goes-deeper-2461725.html
Special courts for everyone; not just for elected representatives is required
The government’s decision to set up special courts to deal with cases against elected representatives has been hailed as being one that could deal a body blow to...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-brace-yourself-for-an-economic-slowdown-3401971.html
A severe economic slowdown is likely to hit India. . .unless
RN Bhaskar – 18 January 2019
The recently released World Bank report on January 8 2019 (https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/31066/9781464813863.pdf ), confirmed what most people had suspected all along. The World Bank estimates...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/does-anybody-care-for-the-dead/679682
Oct 08, 2015 12:16 am
The Sheena Bora murder brought the issue in sharp focus. The murder of poor innocents, as part of sacrifice to the gods to appease them and to protect the interests of a mining baron...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/news/business/economy/opinion-why-discom-losses-are-continuing-to-hurt-despite-modi-govts-uday-scheme-2974191.html
Discom losses finally make power generators squeal
India will have to find out ways to cope with an Rs 4.8 lakh crore debt burden in the power sector. This, however, is most likely to be taken up by the new...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/digitisation-epayments-in-big-mess-with-no-regulation-in-place-customers-face-the-risk-of-scams-3420722.html
The Watal report is forgotten; and the government permits epayment scams
RN BhaskarMay, 03 2017 12:20:12 IST
On 23 August, 2016, the government of India formally announced the formation of the Watal Committee (see pix). On 1 September, the government issued...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/from-investment-outlay-to-farmers-welfare-five-mistakes-one-must-avoid-while-reading-budget-2021
Budget 2021 has a lot of hype, and does not deal with many fundamental issues
By R.N.Bhaskar -- 1 February, 2021
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All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/
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While the markets are euphoric and people close to the government...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/duties-taxes-corruption-how-the-government-abets-the-smuggling-of-gold-2324877.html
Gold - II
Part I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/india-loves-gold1/
Part III can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/can-the-govt-clean-up-the-gold-trade/
Smuggling, corruption and poor low credibility afflict this industry
RN Bhaskar Jul 13, 2017 03:11 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
The government itself has abetted the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/fpj-imc-forum-indian-food-processing-sector-is-still-processing/1152153
Food processing -- the new gold mine
— By Pankaj Joshi | Oct 12, 2017 09:29 am
Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set an ambitious target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022 with the spotlight on the food sector and its...










































