https://www.firstpost.com/business/demographics-and-agriculture-ticking-time-bombs-will-union-budget-2022-address-them-10309221.html
If Budget-22 does not address demographics and agriculture, it will be a tragic error
RN Bhaskar
The budget papers should get placed before the Parliament in a matter of a few days from now. And it is quite possible that the...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-great-indian-irony-farmers-starve-while-politicians-agriculture-income-continue-to-rise-3360212.html
Loan waivers, farmer suicides, private wealth and public starvation
RN BhaskarMar, 30 2017 16:56:33 IST
There is something horrible, almost Kafka-esque, that is taking place in Maharashtra.
Politicians across the spectrum have been demanding loan waivers. When a banker cautions against erosion...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/bribery-in-india-how-to-minimise-bribe-giving-and-taking-2818398.html
Bribery in India: It can be minimised
This is the second and final part of a series on bribery. The first part examined a variety of scenarios wherein Indian laws can be seen to be protecting and promoting bribery and...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/david-sassoon-the-biggest-wealth-generator-in-bombay-4523271.html
Recalling the legacy of David Sassoon to Mumbai
RN Bhaskar -- 12 October, 2019
To understand more about David Sassoon, one has to go back in history to the origins of Bombay – now Mumbai.
As history books tell it, Bombay comprised...
https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/then-a-mundhra-now-a-mallya/299122
If you want to rob everyone, just start a bank
R.N.Bhaskar -
31 July 2017 Business Opinion
There is an old saying which puts it quite pithily: “If you have a gun, you may be able to rob a bank; but if...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-spectre-of-unemployment-2080974
Spectre of unemployment
Monday, 27 April 2015 - 8:22am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dn
R N Bhaskar
A time bomb is ticking away — over 300 million jobs needed within this decade
Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/can-evidence-be-kept-alive-indefinitely/
Can evidence be kept alive indefinitely?
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 05, 2015 12:00 am
This is a true story about a couple in Singapore, where the wife is an entrepreneur. Each year, just before festival time, she asks her extended...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-should-look-at-these-7-areas-to-kick-start-economy-create-jobs-3216160.html
Budget 2017: seven things that could help government galvanise economy and create jobs
Jobs needed desperately. That was the writing on the wall even in 2014. The refrain continues even for Budget 2017. Yet, 2014 was when Prime Minister Narendra...
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...
http://m.firstpost.com/world/democrat-minority-politics-send-chinatown-plumping-for-trump-other-asians-may-follow-suit-3074222.html
Democrat minority politics send Chinatown plumping for Trump, other Asians may follow suit
RN Bhaskar Oct 26, 2016 17:13 IST
With the commencement of early elections, there is growing unease in the Hillary Clinton camp. Most Chinese in and around...
