http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-and-sweden-trying-to-take-their-sambandh-to-next-level/1117582
India-Sweden ties to grow stronger
— By Rahul Nayar and R N Bhaskar | Aug 08, 2017 09:44 am
Shortly after India’s independence in 1947, Sweden recognised India as an independent country, following which both Sweden and India established formal diplomatic relations...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2019-from-power-to-powerlessness-risks-are-real-4081751.html
Union Budget 2019: How to stop the country from going from power to powerlessness
RN Bhaskar -- June 10, 2019
The countdown has begun. Most marketmen have begun looking to the next budget proposals – the first to be announced by...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/opinion-do-the-stock-markets-care-for-economic-growth-3073061.html
Poor HCI rankings and a rising stockmarket
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 23, 2018
One of the best indicators about the capriciousness of markets can be found in the recently introduced ranking of countries - the Human Capital Index.
Common sense would compel...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-fire-next-time/1485655
Economic development could get derailed?
RN Bhaskar -- March 20, 2019
The title has been borrowed from a 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin. The book contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth...
A modified version of this article appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/zhili-has-become-the-childrens-garment-centre-of-the-world-4700261.html
Zhili has become the children’s garment centre of the world
RN Bhaskar 00 4 December 2019
Today, Zhili town is he largest centre in China for making children’s garments. The town and its...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-milk-crisis-farmers-need-to-get-a-fair-price-but-subsidy-is-not-the-solution-4775471.html
Is the milk in Maharashtra curdling?
RN Bhaskar Jul 19, 2018
Mahararashtra’s milk producers (actually supposed to be farmers who own cattle to produce milk) are on the warpath. They are being led by Raju Shetti, member of Parliament, and founder...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/india-needs-to-re-think-at-least-five-policies-in-respect-of-waste-management-4510371.html
India is wrong about waste management in at least five ways
RN Bhaskar -- 9 October, 2019
For the last few years, Indian politicians like to rail and rant against the use of plastic. Some states have even gone to the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/maharashtras-criminally-reckless-water-management-and-its-industry-unfriendly-moves-3138561.html
Reckless water management in Maharashtra borders on criminality
Water levels underground have fallen by more than a metre during the past few years. That bodes ill for both the quality of groundwater — which could turn saline or toxic or...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html
From splurge to dirge – this this the future for India?
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 26, 2019
In the few months leading to the general elections, the government has launched least two ‘largest-in-the-world’ schemes. One is the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The...
Budget 2023 looks great, but has little for agriculture which accounts for half of India’s jobs
RN Bhaskar
The claims are tantalizing. The budget proposals look wonderful. But much of the expectation of growth in the economy will eventually depend on...
