https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-the-spinoff-from-swachh-bharat-wealth-from-waste-could-be-big-sht-2556797.html
Wealth from waste could be big shit
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 25, 2018 04:28 PM IST
As against the demand of Rs 25,000 crore for financial year 2017-18 for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Grameen), an allocation of only Rs 13,948.27 crore has...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/ethanol-as-alternative-fuel-why-the-idea-is-bad-and-will-worsen-the-plight-of-sugarcane-farmers-5399791.html
When sugar and ethanol become a bitter curse for Maharashtra
RN Bhaskar -- Ocrtober 18, 2018
Sugar prices have begun to firm up. One story doing the rounds is that the government is finally considering the blending of ethanol with petrol...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/production-targets-met-agri-management-next-step-for-mp-narendra-dhandre-dgm-netafim/1300052
Netafim has big plans for Madhya Pradesh
— By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | Jun 20, 2018
Increasing the yield of agricultural produce and using water effectively are the need of the hour for farmers in Madhya Pradesh (as is the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/a-humane-approach-through-bandicoots
K Rashid wants to end the scourge of manual scavenging
The journey of ‘Bandicoot’ started in 2016 after the four engineering students (founders) heard that three people lost their lives in a span of 20 minutes after falling into a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-mood-is-upbeat-with-swedish-companies-in-india
Interview: Anna Lekvall
A flourishing relationship between Sweden and India
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 31, 2020
Like her predecessors, Anna Lekvall, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, plans to continue focussing on business, looking at India-Sweden ties. She...
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.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/comment-farms-destroy-value-not-because-of-farmers-but-because-of-the-government-2521885.html
Farms remain a value destroyer, not because of farmers but because of the government
RN Bhaskar-- Mar 06, 2018 03:52 PM IST
To some extent the euphoria might be justified. Increasing farm production does normally mean higher incomes for farmers.
Most media...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/in-praise-of-small-sector-why-it-is-the-unsung-hero-of-india-inc-2737656.html
India's economy: three cheers for the small sector; only two for the large
Read Part I of this article here.
Nobody denies that India needs to think big. It needs large corporations that can stand up to the headwinds of global...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-slum-creation-is-a-mammoth-scam-across-indian-cities-and-towns-2961321.html
Slums: the destruction of democracy and financial propriety
Slum formation and protection is nothing short of demographic tinkering on the one hand, and buying votes on the other
RN Bhaskar -- Sep 18, 2018
Last week, in a quiet move, the government...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/banks-vs-petrol-pumps-finally-indias-economy-planners-confront-the-complexities-3195740.html
Epayment:India’s economy planners finally confront the complexities
Epayment has become a troublesome term. The decision of petrol pumps to ban the use of credit/debit cards shook India’s economic planners. Hurried confabulations finally brokered a deal which would defer the decision...
