Tuesday, February 24, 2026
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-the-spinoff-from-swachh-bharat-wealth-from-waste-could-be-big-sht-2556797.html Wealth from waste could be big shit RN Bhaskar -- Apr 25, 2018 04:28 PM IST As against the demand of Rs 25,000 crore for financial year 2017-18 for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Grameen), an allocation of only Rs 13,948.27 crore has...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/free-farmers Free the farmer from the government and from middlemen RN Bhaskar  -- Monday, December 23, 2019 Agriculture may contribute to just 14 per cent of India’s GDP, even though it engages over 50 per cent of of its working population India is...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/storm-clouds-gather-on-indias-economic-front/1418661 India's economic front could face terribly turbulent times RN Bhaskar -- 20 December 2018 It is not often that one gets decent data on India’s economic performance.  Even annexures to replies to Lok Sabha statements are not available any more.  Hence...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-2744388.html The scorching pace of solar power – I This is the first article of a five-part series.  The other articles can be found at 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 IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In March 2016, Saudi Arabia stunned the world...
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/india/amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak-heres-indias-toughest-question-can-indias-slum-dwellers-follow-a-lockdown Covid-19: India’s agony of slums RN Bhaskar  - March 28, 2020 The sins of the past are to be heaped on the present.  And nothing could be more frightening than slums – both for people outside and for those trapped inside. ...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/a-trade-crisis-looms-for-india-and-how-the-sun-and-waste-can-prevent-it-3719921.html How to avert an economic slowdown and BoP using sun and waste This article is an attempt to suggest how the worsening balance of payments (BoP) situation can be remedied through sun and waste. RN Bhaskar -- March 29, 2019 Within the...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/who-is-responsible-for-keeping-farmers-in-bihar-and-uttar-pradesh-poor/64639.html Poverty in Uttar Pradesh & Bihar is not accidental By RN Bhaskar Also read https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html The prime minister has often promised that he is determined to double farmer incomes.  He was supposed to do this by this year. But then, like most promises...
Banker, scamster and the hidden hand –making merry with bank frauds RN Bhaskar On 3 August, 2018, the government made a disclosure to the Lok Sabha which should make many people sit up and shudder. The government pointed out that in 2017-18...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/from-sri-sri-to-baba-ramdev-does-hinduism-produce-more-godmen-than-other-faiths-2730658.html Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on Hinduism, godmen and the judiciary Do Hindus produce more godmen? It may sound surprising. Christianity produced only one saint in India — Mother Teresa — during the past three...