Friday, December 5, 2025
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...
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/bangladesh-has-a-lesson-or-two-for-india-in-schooling-5289451.html/amp The other two parts of this series can be found at : Education #!  and  Education #2 Education #3: Watch Bangladesh – it has been doing what India forgot to do RN Bhaskar – May 20, 2020 India needs to watch Bangladesh very...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/nbhc-expects-double-digit-growth-in-the-value-added-services-category NBHC expects double-digit growth in the value-added services category Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar NBHC (National Bulk Handling Corporation Ltd) – once part of the MCX group, but now independent – handles over 160 commodities in more than 9,000...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-the-governments-gold-policies-make-indias-neighbours-richer-and-this-country-itself-poorer-4574121.html India's gold policies have impoverished the country RN Bhaskar -- Oct 25 2019 In 2013, P Chidambaram decided to impose a 10% import duty on gold (https://in.reuters.com/article/india-tax-finmin/gold-duty-raised-to-record-10-percent-as-imports-revive-idINDEE97C03J20130813).  The finance minister was quite savvy about the way financial markets work. He knew too...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/even-the-iip-suggests-that-india-has-a-painful-six-months-ahead-unless-3995381.html The IIP points to economic slowdown RN Bhaskar -- May 20, 2019 The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) numbers finally confirmed a pattern that many said was likely to emerge.  But the picture could get darker in the coming six months. There...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/demonetisation-impact-chidambaram-is-wrong-indias-gdp-will-soar-even-without-new-jobs-3243304.html Epayment spells boom-times for financial intermediaries RN BhaskarFeb, 02 2017 13:59:54 IST Critics of demonetisation (and epayment) are quick to point out that the de-legalisation of high value notes could lead to a slowdown of the economy. Maybe, it will. But even then...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/opinion-how-our-laws-are-increasingly-undermining-war-against-corruption-2872271.html Are some people above the law? Sadly, legislators forget that when laws get corroded either by inaction or through amendments, or through moves that make the collection of evidence difficult, the very fabric of governance gets frayed. RN Bhaskar -- Aug...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/walk-through-this-model-village-of-china By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar The Yu village model has lessons for everyone December 6, 2019 While this is a model village backed by development and flourishing ecology; there is yet another interesting concept that the villagers have embraced. Anji / China:...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-students-abroad-the-darker-side-of-indias-higher-education-myopia-2720800.html Some people are aghast at the government’s decision to hike education fees for the IITs. Ask them to look at the fees that foreign universities charge. It is then that you begin to realise how myopic some of India’s policymakers...