https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/the-little-known-story-of-once-private-syndicate-bank-which-started-with-a-25-paise-deposit-4422221.html
A requiem for Syndicate Bank
RN Bhaskar – September 10, 2019
On 23 August 2019, ostensibly in an attempt to make Indian banks stronger and better governed, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the mergers of the following banks:
As a part of...
The 'grade inflation' of our past, which has lead to 'massive unemployability' in the present, could lead to 'economic disaster' in the future, warns RN Bhaskar
There is nothing more tragic than watching a champion stumble—that is how most parents...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-corruption-collusion-and-legislative-filibustering-will-cripple-democracy-2531493.html
Corruption and legislative filibustering could cripple democracy in India
RN Bhaskar - Mar 19, 2018 03:22 PM IST
A major development that took place last week could actually alter the way India functions both as a democracy and as a country...
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1873228/report-china-and-india-different-perspectives
Within the next two months, one more delegation of senior educationists from India will travel through China, to work out modalities for having student-exchange-programmes between educational institutions from both countries . The initiative is more from the Chinese side...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/we-will-be-among-the-top-10-in-five-years-munish-sharda-md-and-ceo-future-generali-india-life-insurance-company/1344149
Munish Sharda of Future Generali wants to be ahead of the race in insurance
— By S. Narayanan and RN Bhaskar | Aug 28, 2018
Munish Sharda joined Future Generali India Life Insurance Company (FGI-LI) as its Managing Director & CEO in...
India’ economy is not as robust as the RBI report claims
RN Bhaskar
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) just brought into the public domain its annual report for 2022-23 (https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2023). As always, economy watchers wait for this...
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/desalination-it-is-a-big-money-game-baby-4288511.html/amp
Water series #12 -- Other articles in this series are given below
Desalination is too expensive, and too ruinous for India
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 05, 2019
How big is desalination in India? That is hard to tell because one is confronted...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/warehousing-is-a-great-idea-but-the-linkages-need-to-be-fixed-to-make-it-work-4893161.html
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Warehousing is a great idea, but the linkages are missing
RN Bhaskar -- 1 February 2020
India has an estimated capacity of 162 million MT of agri-warehousing, cold storage, reefer van facilities etc. NABARD will undertake an exercise to map and...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/slush-around-defence-deals-bribe-givers-are-penalised-but-bribe-takers-are-seldom-convicted-2823408.html#disqus_thread
Slush around defence bribery deals: no major defence scam has resulted in a conviction
Last month, the Government of India announced that it was cancelling the Rs 1,800 crore deal with Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS). The reason: WASS is...
