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...
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...
The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...
Stories and analyses about Sri Lanka which India should pay heed to
RN Bhaskar
This time, there is no policy watch, my weekly column. One reason is that I have been travelling through Sri Lanka for the past six days with...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-off-the-book-e-payments-to-government-bodies-open-the-door-to-huge-scams-2382859.html
Games government-owned corporations play with off-the-book epayments
RN Bhaskar - Sep 08, 2017 04:28 PM IST
The Prime Minister has constantly been reminding people that he wants to promote a cashless society. The theory is that with a more transparent...
Budget 2021
The Budget has been hailed as an "never before" Budget. Unfortunately, it does not live up to this claim. Here are some views by RN Bhaskar
Feb 1, 2021-- Five mistakes one must avoid while reading Budget 2021
(http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-and-myths-surrounding-it/)
Budget 2021...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/slush-around-defence-deals-bribe-givers-are-penalised-but-bribe-takers-are-seldom-convicted-2823408.html#disqus_thread
Slush around defence bribery deals: no major defence scam has resulted in a conviction
Last month, the Government of India announced that it was cancelling the Rs 1,800 crore deal with Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS). The reason: WASS is...
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...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-asking-for-investments-is-good-but-can-india-guarantee-speedy-and-fair-grievance-redressal-2489553.html
Speedy grievance redressal is crucial for healthy investment flows
Much of the fresh investment into new projects has not taken off, even three years after Modi began wooing investors. Investors make conciliatory noises, but something keeps them away.
RN Bhaskar...
