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...
