Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Stories and analyses about Sri Lanka which India should pay heed to RN Bhaskar This time, there is no policy watch, my weekly column.  One reason is that I have been travelling through Sri Lanka for the past six days with...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/comment-as-thailand-plans-maintenance-hub-for-planes-will-india-be-caught-napping-2541081.html If India does not wake up, Thailand's MRO could trounce AIES The announcement made many in India sit up. If the Thailand project were to gain traction, it could well stymie some of India’s plans RN Bhaskar - Apr 02, 2018...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/fpj-initiatives/will-budget-2017-change-the-colour-of-money/1014480 Budget 2017 -- many unanswered questions — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 07, 2017 08:05 am Photo by B. L. Soni Budgets in India get dissected ad infinitum. Very often, though, the long-term thought and vision of the Finance Ministry and their subtle...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-could-face-a-crippling-water-crisis-in-a-decade-3996961.htmlhttps://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-could-face-a-crippling-water-crisis-in-a-decade-3996961.html Water series-1 (list of the entire series given at the end of this article) India’s rapidly worsening water crisis RN Bhaskar  -- May 21, 2019 The old talk about water wars may not be entirely true today. But in India it could...
http://chinaindiadialogue.com/brics-media-and-think-tank-association-established-1 BRICS Media & Think Tank Association Established The BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum is held in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province from March 30 to 31. The establishment of the BRICS Media & Think Tank Association is co... by China Pictorial March...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/water-water-everywhere-nor-any-drop-to-drink-4082681.html Water series #4: abundance and penury in India RN Bhaskar -- 11 June 2019 (Other articles in this series are listed below) The title lines, taken from Samuel Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, could sum up India’s pathetic condition...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html The scorching pace of solar power – IV This is the fourth article in a five part series.  The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In order to understand what made solar power become...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/we-want-to-grow-fast-and-right-abhicl-chief-executive-officer-mayank-bathwal/1355086 We want to move from pure health financing to health risk management says Mayank Bathwal, ceo, ABHICL — By S Narayanan and R N Bhaskar | Sep 13, 2018 Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company (ABHICL), the sixth standalone health insurance company in India,...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/petrol-pumps-to-remain-shut-on-sundays-fuel-conscious-or-merely-money-conscious-3394038.html RN Bhaskar   Apr, 20 2017 10:55:48 IST Petrol pumps take a holiday - why? Last week, petrol pumps in India announced that they would shut shops every Sunday. The move was unprecedented. Unlike most other establishments which have always enjoyed a day...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-supreme-court-to-indias-rescue-again India's rights, laws and values are being protected by the Supreme Court because the legislators and bureaucrats failed miserably RN Bhaskar Last week the country got a whiff of fresh air, even though the shortage of oxygen continued. The courts –...