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/eye-on-india/videos/tanker-mafia-earning-rs-8000-10000-crore-annually-from-water-biz-in-mumbai-4057001.html
Water series – 3:The stranglehold of the water-tanker-mafia
Other articles in this series are given below:
RN Bhaskar – 3 June 2019
Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra – maybe even the rest of India – is in the grip of what...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/water-usage-lessons-india-should-learn-from-china-4026441.html
Water Series 2: Lessons to learn from China on water management
(Other articles in this series are given below)
RN Bhaskar -- May 27, 2019
The origins of this article lie in what this author wrote in the first quarter of 2009...
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-could-face-a-crippling-water-crisis-in-a-decade-3996961.htmlhttps://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-could-face-a-crippling-water-crisis-in-a-decade-3996961.html
Water series-1 (list of the entire series given at the end of this article)
India’s rapidly worsening water crisis
RN Bhaskar -- May 21, 2019
The old talk about water wars may not be entirely true today. But in India it could...
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)....
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/new-government-will-inherit-unpaid-infrastructure-bill-of-rs-12-4-lakh-crore-3937001.html
Unpaid bills for the new government
RN Bhaskar -- May 06, 2019
The latest report titled ‘Status of Infrastructure projects’, from CARE Ratings (dated 18 April 2019) makes for interesting reading. But reading between the numbers, it becomes evident that the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/opinion-the-increasing-relevance-of-gold-3915741.html
The increasing relevance of gold
RN Bhaskar -- 1 May 2019
During the past decade many central banks have opted to purchase gold and shore up their gold reserves. This is in contrast to the previous decade when many central banks...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/godrej-medical-refrigerators-product-group-head-jaishankar-natarajan-we-are-at-the-fringe-to-become-a-large-player/1505213
written by Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar April 16, 2019
Godrej Medical Refrigerators Product Group Head Jaishankar Natarajan: The right temperature for vaccines
written by Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar April 16, 2019
In the last three years, Godrej Appliances’...