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/business/why-economic-survey-2017-doesnt-have-data-tables-omission-or-oversight-3306734.html
Economic Survey 2017 - where are the missing statistical appendices?
By R.N.Bhaskar; 9 March 2013
The Modi government came to power on a chariot driven by three horses. The first heralded a promise of less government more governance. The second assured...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-there-are-no-winners-in-farm-loan-waivers-3314251.html
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The pestilence of farm loan-waivers
Farm loan waivers represent bad economics, bad banking and promote the wrong type of social values. They end up hurting farmers
RN Bhaskar – 21 Dec 2018
Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/india-begins-its-cruise-but-it-has-to-navigate-rocks-2374311.html
R.N.Bhaskar - Aug 31, 2017 05:54 PM IST
Cruise tourism: a good start
RN Bhaskar
The task force set up by Gadkari has been able to resolve many of the vexatious issues. The government hopes that many of these issues could be...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/water-conservation-what-can-india-learn-from-israels-expertise-4411021.html
Uri Schor talks about water management in Israel
As Israel had little water, it had to remind its people that water was a miracle.
R.N.Bhaskar – September 7, 2019
Lately, water has begun to obsess India. However, the sense of urgency has...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html
Uttar Pradesh and the numbers it conjures up
RN Bhaskar
When prime minister Narendra Modi described the Covid management of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as “commendable”, or even “unprecedented”, it made even the most neutral of economy watchers squirm uncomfortably. The same...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/opinion-efficient-dispute-redressal-system-a-must-to-boost-fdi-3943071.html
FDI and dispute redressal will soon assume crucial significance
RN Bhaskar -- May 07, 2019
The slowdown in the Indian economy was much in evidence almost six months ago. This author highlighted it through these columns in January this year (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-brace-yourself-for-an-economic-slowdown-3401971.html)....
This article appeared in Business India -- edition dated 23 November - 6 December. It can be found on page nos 78 and 79 of that edition. The pdf version can be got from here 2015-11-23_BusinessIndia_Japan-Financing-structures
In the Goldilocks zone
By...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/coronavirus-in-india-maharashtra-emerges-as-a-state-that-does-not-care-much-about-peoples-health
Coronavirus has taught Maharashtra that spending on health makes sense, and promoting slums doesn't
RN Bhaskar – 8 April 2020
As the coronavirus epidemic continues its rampage across India, it becomes clear that Maharashtra has been the worst affected.
But that should...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-restore-the-primacy-of-passport-for-citizens-and-introduce-work-permits-for-foreigners-in-india-2537423.html
Aadhaar cannot replace the passport as the principal identification document
The passport is the highest level of identification in India, so high that its importance among identification papers that it even carries the imprimatur of the President of India.
RN Bhaskar...
