https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/at-75-india-is-still-confused
India is 75, but what is it celebrating?
By RN Bhaskar
India has turned 75. Eulogies are being sung. A campaign to have the country’s tricolour flag flying atop every house is underway. There is no shortage of sloganeering.
Obviously, when state...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/nbfcs-will-grow-by-15-percent-next-year-ys-chakravarti-md-ceo-shriram-city-union-finance
NBFCs will continue to grow -- YS Chakravarti
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 26, 2021
NBFCs have seen the industry go through a turmoil during the past few years and right now it is the COVID-19 impact. But these...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/indias-expensive-solar-power-birth-pangs/
Oct 01, 2015 12:19 am
Amidst all the euphoria about India’s tremendous progress in incremental solar power addition, there is a sudden realisation that all is not picture perfect. Not yet.
The most painful part is the cost at which...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-despite-govt-assurances-farmers-feel-betrayed
Budget-22: Has agriculture become irrelevant for India?
RN Bhaskar
As expected, Budget-22 had a lot to talk about farming. But they all amounted to little. Farmers are bitter about the provisions, or the lack of them.
The finance minister made the following...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/between-smiles-and-sorrows-world-bank-forecasts-india-gdp-rise-but-raises-unemployment-concerns-2558785.html
World Bank's fears and expectations about India
The report says that “40 emerging market and developing economies are projected to grow more slowly in per capita terms than advanced economies, failing to narrow income gaps vis-à-vis the group of more...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/water-usage-lessons-india-should-learn-from-china-4026441.html
Water Series 2: Lessons to learn from China on water management
(Other articles in this series are given below)
RN Bhaskar -- May 27, 2019
The origins of this article lie in what this author wrote in the first quarter of 2009...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-milk-crisis-farmers-need-to-get-a-fair-price-but-subsidy-is-not-the-solution-4775471.html
Is the milk in Maharashtra curdling?
RN Bhaskar Jul 19, 2018
Mahararashtra’s milk producers (actually supposed to be farmers who own cattle to produce milk) are on the warpath. They are being led by Raju Shetti, member of Parliament, and founder...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bmc-should-learn-about-waste-management-from-ntpc-4380831.html
NTPC is doing things for waste management, which MCGM should have done
RN Bhaskar – 28 August, 2019
Earlier this month, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM, also known as BMC or Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) received only one bidder for...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/garware-technical-fibres-could-transform-agriculture-and-fisheries-in-india-3028621.html
Garware Technical Fibres transforms India's agriculture and fisheries
In some coastal areas, GTF has designed nets that actually allow the waves to bring in water and sand, but prevent the waters from carrying back the sand.
RN Bhaskar - Oct 10,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/5-reasons-that-leave-many-unenthused-about-the-atma-nirbhar-schemes
Atma Nirbhar was a dampener -- five reasons to explain why
RN Bhaskar – 21 May 2020
The Greeks once described man as the only living creature who can stand upright, lift his face to the stars and laugh. Jackals laugh...
