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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rn-bhaskar-india-russia-friends-for-70-years/1051178
India-Russia ties have strengthened over time
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 12:05 pm
It was in Goa, India, that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted a joint statement ‘partnership for global peace and stability’...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/commodities/gold-needs-some-very-urgently-needed-policy-changes-4820471.html
Policy changes for gold urgently required
RN Bhaskar -- January 15, 2020
Successive governments in India have waffled on gold policies for long (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/11/urgent-needfor-gold-reforms/). As a result, the entire gold trade was allowed to either go underground, or go to seed.
The...
http://www.forbesindia.com/article/independence-special-2019/india-in-the-1980s-the-lull-that-shaped-the-storm/54779/1
How the 1980s changed India almost entirely
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 12, 2019
(the pdf version can be obtained from 2019-07_Forbes-India-The-1980s)
Few people realise how dramatically the 1980s transformed India. It was accidental, true. But the change was cataclysmic with tremors shaking...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/amid-coronavirus-a-fresh-crisis-brews-in-the-indian-milk-industry
There is surplus milk production, while milk demand has slumped
RN Bhaskar
A fresh crisis is brewing in the Indian milk industry. The causes are two – the current lockdown conditions, and a milk surplus.
First, there is no denying that milk...
Why I prefer flying Indigo, not Vistara
Updates:
21 March 2023 -- Another update. The Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities sent out another notice to the Vistara management, stating the following see image alongside. Please click to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/new-india-will-drive-renewable-agenda-for-the-world
Tata Power and Sustainability
To tackle the issues of Climate Change, Tata Power has developed a holistic Sustainability Model. Free Press Journal, in association with SIES ASC College and JBIMS, organised a webinar to talk about it
"The world must come...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/banks-vs-petrol-pumps-finally-indias-economy-planners-confront-the-complexities-3195740.html
Epayment:India’s economy planners finally confront the complexities
Epayment has become a troublesome term. The decision of petrol pumps to ban the use of credit/debit cards shook India’s economic planners. Hurried confabulations finally brokered a deal which would defer the decision...
A modified version appeared in https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fight-is-no-longer-between-the-good-and-the-bad-but-between-the-corrupt-and-the-rapacious/62370.html
The farmer agitation: The fight is no longer between good and evil, but between the corrupt and the rapacious
RN Bhaskar -- 15 December 2020
The farmer’s agitation has thrown up some rather perplexing questions. Unfortunately,...
