https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/indias-5-trillion-economy-plans-looks-good-on-paper-but-it-needs-to-address-gaps-4180721.html
India's $5 trillion-economy: great idea, but the deliverables are missing
RN Bhaskar – 8 July 2019
On paper, the government has great plans. It wants to focus on Make in India and propel the country to a $5 trillion economy within...
Adani, valuations and indispensability
RN Bhaskar
At a time when the Hindenberg report is aimed at destroying the value of the shares of the Adani group, it is imperative to take a step backward, and look at valuations in a new...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/comment-the-disruption-in-financial-markets-has-already-begun-2602991.html
Financial markets are getting disrupted
RN Bhaskar - Jun 18, 2018
Last fortnight, in a letter that Uday Kotak, managing director Kotak Mahindra Bank, sent out to his shareholders, he talked about three major trends in financial markets.
First, he believed that...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-the-us-push-oil-to-usd-250-a-barrel-r-n-bhaskar/1314064
The US roils the oil markets again
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 12, 2018 07:31 am
Last week, Artem Avinov, leading analyst with TeleTrade, predicted that oil prices could jump to $250 per barrel if the Strait of Hormuz is blocked by...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/indias-water-scarcity-is-a-confirmed-myth-and-why-govts-propagate-it-4180631.html
Water #8
Other articles in this series are listed below
Water scarcity is a myth India loves to propagate
RN Bhaskar – 8 July 2019
The myth of water scarcity in India was shattered a few weeks ago, when the Central Water Commission...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/some-red-flags-in-the-economy-numbers-agriculture-is-the-most-alarming-2477189.html
Economic growth continues to falter. Watch agriculture
When agriculture’s GVA growth climbed from -0.2% in 2014-15, to 0.7% in 2015-16, everyone expected agriculture to continue doing well. This was confirmed by this growth rate further rising to 4.9% in 2016-17....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/looking-for-solutions-to-grow-cryptocurrency-usage/1177285
Cryptocurrency has its fan following
— By R N Bhaskar and Jescilia Karayamparambil | Nov 27, 2017 11:22 am
Cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin) have been gaining attention worldwide. This is partly because of the decentralised nature of the technology (almost similar to what Akamai...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-how-the-new-corruption-law-protects-the-corrupt-and-why-some-bribes-should-be-legal-2802741.html
The government protects bribe takers
The amended law does nothing of this kind. Instead the only amendment it makes is extending the prison term to a maximum of seven years.
RN Bhaskar - Aug 03, 2018
Parliament’s latest attempt to curb corruption...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/special-courts-for-accused-politicos-is-tokenism-the-rot-goes-deeper-2461725.html
Special courts for everyone; not just for elected representatives is required
The government’s decision to set up special courts to deal with cases against elected representatives has been hailed as being one that could deal a body blow to...
http://www.forbesindia.com/article/breakpoint/bhavarlal-jains-lucky-harvest/17652/1
The pdf copy can be got from 2010-09-25_Forbes-_Jain-onion-business
Jain Irrigation and dehydrated onions
Bhavarlal Jain was looking for a way to sell his irrigation systems, but enroute, he found a way to profit from trading in onions
RN Bhaskar -- Sep...
