Policy watch
How good is Maharashtra’s land management?
RN Bhaskar
This is the first part of a two-part analysis of Maharashtra and Sugarcane. The first part can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/03/maharashtra-has-a-fatal-obsession-for-sugarcane/
Before one attempts to provide an answer to the question in the...
India's problems make it stumble
RN Bhaskar
Last fortnight has not been good for India. True, the prime minister exulted over the role India could play in the G-20, but there are smoke signals all around warning of dangerous times ahead....
De Beers loses big time in the Singapore courts
RN Bhaskar
For many diamond industry watchers, De Beers was always too big a player to pick up a fight with. It has eliminated competition ruthlessly, as the following paragraphs will show. ...
Gautam Adani becomes more relevant for India than ever before
By RN Bhaskar
Historically, perceptions are often created by media and sometimes by design.
An interesting anecdote that media managers need to remember is one that I learnt from Ravi Boothalingam (https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/india-china-the-long-view/)....
Budget 2023 looks great, but has little for agriculture which accounts for half of India’s jobs
RN Bhaskar
The claims are tantalizing. The budget proposals look wonderful. But much of the expectation of growth in the economy will eventually depend on...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stanchart-seeks-to-control-the-destiny-of-indian-banks-and-profit-foreign-firms-says-rn-bhaskar-2
Stanchart seeks to control the destiny of Indian banks and profit foreign firms
RN Bhaskar
To understand how Standard Chartered Bank (SCB or Stanchart) works in India, one has only to go to the way it acted in the matter relating...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sodhi-resignation-milk-industry-jolted-writes-rn-bhaskar
Sodhi resignation -- Milk industry jolted
RN Bhaskar
Last week delivered a shock to many in the milk industry. R.S. Sodhi, the senior-most executive of the largest milk cooperative in India accounting for a turnover of Rs. Rs 46,481 crore in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/2023-woes-government-myopia-has-hurt-the-economy-writes-rn-bhaskar
2023 woes - Government myopia has hurt the economy
RN Bhaskar
The first week of the new year had two bits of bad news for India. First, the country witnessed data from the CMIE which showed that unemployment rate in India...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/on-indias-gdp-per-capita-gdp-debt-and-growth-writes-rn-bhaskar
Asiaconverge wishes its readers a wonderful 2023!
On India’s GDP, per capita GDP debt and growth
RN Bhaskar
When elections are round the corner, the tendency to wax eloquent about achievements is at its peak. Governments, around the world, like to hype...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-makes-farmers-more-sarkar-nirbhar-not-atma-nirbhar-writes-rn-bhaskar
The government makes farmers more sarkar nirbhar, not atma nirbhar
RN Bhaskar
Last week, the government shocked economy watchers when it announced an extension of the ban on futures trading in select agricultural commodities for a year. It would appear that...
