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http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-great-indian-irony-farmers-starve-while-politicians-agriculture-income-continue-to-rise-3360212.html Loan waivers, farmer suicides, private wealth and public starvation RN BhaskarMar, 30 2017 16:56:33 IST There is something horrible, almost Kafka-esque, that is taking place in Maharashtra. Politicians across the spectrum have been demanding loan waivers.  When a banker cautions against erosion...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-india-china-will-learn-to-do-more-business-together-1834838 The year 2004 was a watershed. That was when the OECD Development Centre brought out Prof Angus Madison’s path-breaking study on The World Economy: Historical Statistics. One of the key charts from his book is reproduced below (Prof Maddison...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-spectre-of-unemployment-2080974 Spectre of unemployment Monday, 27 April 2015 - 8:22am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dn R N Bhaskar A time bomb is ticking away — over 300 million jobs needed within this decade Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-why-hydroponics-could-be-the-future-of-farming-2630781.html India needs to embrace hydroponics urgently The word hydroponics comes from hydro meaning water, and ponos meaning labour. It is meant to represent the growing of plants in any medium -- sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients, but without...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/even-the-iip-suggests-that-india-has-a-painful-six-months-ahead-unless-3995381.html The IIP points to economic slowdown RN Bhaskar -- May 20, 2019 The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) numbers finally confirmed a pattern that many said was likely to emerge.  But the picture could get darker in the coming six months. There...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-aadhaar-does-not-identify-it-merely-authenticates-thats-an-important-difference-2502509.html Aadhaar: does it identify or merely authenticate? Part of the problem in understanding how inadequate Aadhaar can be lies in the fact that most people cannot distinguish between authentication and identification. RN Bhaskar -- Feb 07, 2018 08:54 PM IST Aadhaar, the...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/adani-group-wins-bid-to-operate-six-airports-why-gautam-adani-will-continue-to-consolidate-hold-on-logistics-sector-6162631.html Some good reasons why Gautam Adani is interested in airports RN Bhaskar – 27 Feb 2019 At first blush many may wonder why Gautam Adani – who has already become the largest ports player in India – has suddenly become interested...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-iii-can-india-be-taught-to-respect-the-dead The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/ The missing dead series – Part III How does one ensure that deaths are recorded dutifully in India? RN Bhaskar Last week, he Supreme Court of India chose to reserve verdict on pleas seeking directions...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/no-atmanirbharta-without-healthcare Healthcare and atma nirbharta can be salvaged though intelligent restructuring RN Bhaskar Atma nirbharta.  Ayushman Bharat. These phrases carry a lot of firepower behind them for most Indians.  Loosely translated they mean “self-reliance” and “long and healthy life for India”.  They...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/sustainability-makes-economic-sense-says-accs-ceo-sridhar-balakrishnan ACC works relentlessly towards sustainability The sustainability focus for ACC, a subsidiary of Holcim, is on account of two key concerns. The first is that every citizen of this world should leave it a better place for our children than...