http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-aadhaar-does-not-identify-it-merely-authenticates-thats-an-important-difference-2502509.html
Aadhaar: does it identify or merely authenticate?
Part of the problem in understanding how inadequate Aadhaar can be lies in the fact that most people cannot distinguish between authentication and identification.
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 07, 2018 08:54 PM IST
Aadhaar, the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-two-villages-harnessed-solar-pumps-to-create-incomes-for-farmers-conserve-groundwater-4381161.html
Harnessing solar pumps to create additional incomes for farmers
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 28, 2019
This is a story of a brilliant concept that NDDB came up with – along the state power distribution company (discom) – which has become a...
Vistara's terrible ground service in Bengaluru
Email sent to Vistara on 15 September, 2020
Full conversation can be found here at 2020-10-04_Gmail-Complaint about your wheel chair facility
On 8 October 2020 the company finally apologised and sent in this explanation (2020-10-08_Vistara_Gmail_apology-explanation). But...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Oct 1-7, 2022
The environment be damned
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to impose a huge burden on the global economy, (especially the EU economies), on global trade and on the environment. The pledges made...
https://www.etnownews.com/companies/the-supreme-court-committee-report-and-the-adani-group-article-100396969
The Supreme Court Committee report and the Adani group
The key findings of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court order dated March 2, 2023, are finally in public domain.
The report confirms some of the allegations made in the Hindenburg...
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.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/cheap-solar-power-singes-state-electricity-boards-revenues-3682871.html
Solar power – the floodgates budge
RN Bhaskar -- 22 March 2019
Last week, the Karnataka High Court quashed an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) relating to an increase in wheeling charges for open access power consumers...
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...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/indias-farms-report-income-greater-than-our-gdp-target-them-in-the-war-on-black-money-2437801.html
For curbing black money, start with farm incomes
The opposition is baying for the government’s blood over demonetisation and GST. The first is done and over with. But its effects are not yet over. The second has been modified...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/no-atmanirbharta-without-healthcare
Healthcare and atma nirbharta can be salvaged though intelligent restructuring
RN Bhaskar
Atma nirbharta. Ayushman Bharat. These phrases carry a lot of firepower behind them for most Indians. Loosely translated they mean “self-reliance” and “long and healthy life for India”. They...
