http://www.firstpost.com/india/low-manpower-land-no-longer-hindrance-to-use-of-solar-power-says-ministry-2828976.html
Solar Power will trigger employment and economic growth
It was perhaps the most candid outline of what lies ahead for the solar power sector in India. Upendra Tripathy, secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, spoke of the big plans...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/this-is-how-government-can-clean-up-gold-trade-and-make-it-both-healthy-profitable-2327393.html
Gold - III :
Three steps which can clean up the gold trade in India
(part-I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/india-loves-gold1/; and
part II at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/duties-taxes-corruption-government-abets-smuggling-gold/)
Rn bhaskar Jul 17, 2017 02:40 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
The need for a fresh approach...
India is blessed with water, but it is misused, abused
Water Series 1 - http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/05/india-faces-a-water-crisis-of-its-opwn-making/ - India’s rapidly deteriorating water crisis
Water series 2 - http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/05/india-should-learn-water-management-from-china/ -- Lessons to learn from China
Water series 3 -- http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/06/the-stranglehold-of-the-water-tanker-mafia/ -- The stranglehold of the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/shouldnt-india-issue-a-travel-advisory-against-trips-to-the-us-4916171.html
Coronavirus and other epidemics: Shouldn’t India issue a travel advisory against trips to the US?
RN Bhaskar -- 6 Feb 2020
First, a caveat. The author is no authority on viruses, and has based his arguments on the basis of material...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-gnfc-is-reviving-the-glory-of-neem-2316943.html
Project Neem –I the second part can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/gnfc-expands-its-neem-business/
GNFC triggers a neem revolution
Rn bhaskar - Jul 03, 2017 01:06 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
There are some concepts that have the potential of changing an entire country. And...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/more-doles-for-the-needy-will-only-result-in-more-corruption-3838161.html
More doles result in more corruption; NYAY and Ayushman could be the biggest of all scams
RN Bhaskar -- 18 April 2019
Doles, freebies and giveaways are wonderful electoral offerings (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). The marginalized love them. Bleeding hearts welcome them. But the...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/shift-to-cashless-here-is-how-govt-departments-may-be-misusing-e-payments-3197266.html
Epayment: when even the government begins to cheat
Epayment, or digital payments, are gaining popularity (see chart). The government wants to step on the gas pedal and increase the rate of acceptance of digital payment. But there are many reasons...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/true-anywhere-else-banks-wouldve-settled-with-mallya-but-nowhere-else-hed-have-got-the-loan-2757580.html
Was Mallya wronged?
In some ways, Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB group of companies, may be right. He does rightly point out in a recent interview to Financial Times that the speed with which his passport was revoked is unprecedented in India’s...
http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-100-years-on-hydro-remains-central-to-tata-power-s-plans-1927987
Hydro and the Tatas go back a long time
By RN Bhaskar -- Dec 2, 2013,
By next year, Tata Power Co will embark on its centennial celebrations.
The company began generating power in India through its hydro power station in Maharashtra...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/comment-gold-loans-are-they-slipping-into-grey-territory-2483755.html
The government is shortsighted about gold loans
RN Bhaskar -- Jan 15, 2018 09:04 PM IST
What is interesting about this market is that even though it has been growing in terms of total value, its growth rates have been...
