http://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-100-years-on-hydro-remains-central-to-tata-power-s-plans-1927987
Hydro and the Tatas go back a long time
By RN Bhaskar -- Dec 2, 2013,
By next year, Tata Power Co will embark on its centennial celebrations.
The company began generating power in India through its hydro power station in Maharashtra...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/beware-the-merchant-charge-that-could-boost-gdp-spur-inflation-2459237.html
Will India’s GDP start soaring because of MDR?
RN Bhaskar -- Dec 11, 2017 06:45 PM IST
It now appears that merchant discount rates --the rate paid by a merchant to a bank for providing debit card services -- may...
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.moneycontrol.com/news/business/comment-floating-solar-set-to-make-a-splash-2560037.html
Floating solar gains allure
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 30, 2018
Floating solar power projects have suddenly caught the fancy of the government. Eight projects were announced recently, and two more projects have their tenders still open. But more on that later.
The...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-private-players-new-tech-new-mines-a-gold-rush-may-be-upon-us-2574353.html
There could be a lot more gold being mined in India
Indians’ insatiable passion for the yellow metal will ensure that prices don’t fall any time soon, incentive enough for more players to get into the game
RN Bhaskar -- May...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/water-water-everywhere-nor-any-drop-to-drink-4082681.html
Water series #4: abundance and penury in India
RN Bhaskar -- 11 June 2019
(Other articles in this series are listed below)
The title lines, taken from Samuel Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, could sum up India’s pathetic condition...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/state-created-vacuum-of-real-spiritual-leaders-helped-flourish-self-styled-gurus-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-4015111.html
Gurmeet Singh fallout:
Govt creates a vacuum for entrepreneur-gurus to flourish in
RN BhaskarSep, 06 2017 20:10:32 IST
Also read
Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/
and
Part III: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/
Look around everywhere. The number of gurus in India is increasing each year. Many of these gurus are later...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/why-protection-from-markets-leads-to-rip-offs-an-example-from-tribal-india-2417491.html
When protection becomes oppression – reservation invariably leads to exploitation and degradation in tribal India
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 23, 2017 04:33 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
When politicians come forward to reserve entitlements for the common folk, they are...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-great-indian-irony-farmers-starve-while-politicians-agriculture-income-continue-to-rise-3360212.html
Loan waivers, farmer suicides, private wealth and public starvation
RN BhaskarMar, 30 2017 16:56:33 IST
There is something horrible, almost Kafka-esque, that is taking place in Maharashtra.
Politicians across the spectrum have been demanding loan waivers. When a banker cautions against erosion...
http://www.forbesindia.com/article/breakpoint/the-indian-drip-irrigation-jugaad/17302/1
The Jharkhand Indian Drip Irrigation Jugaad
Netafim has found a solution to cater to the drip-irrigation problems of India’s fragmented farms
by RN Bhaskar | Sep 20, 2010
I n a country of unique problems, the solutions cannot be conventional. Netafim Irrigation...
