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’...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/a-trade-crisis-looms-for-india-and-how-the-sun-and-waste-can-prevent-it-3719921.html
How to avert an economic slowdown and BoP using sun and waste
This article is an attempt to suggest how the worsening balance of payments (BoP) situation can be remedied through sun and waste.
RN Bhaskar -- March 29, 2019
Within the...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/fcra-electoral-bonds-issue-supreme-court-upholds-fair-play-principles-once-again-3724051.html
The Supreme Court takes up the discomforting FCRA and electoral bonds issues and reins in govt arbitrariness
In doing so, the Apex Court re-affirmed the primary purpose of arbitration as ‘de-clogging the Court system.’ The Court held that such a...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/cheap-solar-power-singes-state-electricity-boards-revenues-3682871.html
Solar power – the floodgates budge
RN Bhaskar -- 22 March 2019
Last week, the Karnataka High Court quashed an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) relating to an increase in wheeling charges for open access power consumers...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/china-paints-a-more-pleasing-visage-for-companies-and-investors-3672651.html
China woos foreign companies and investors
RN Bhaskar Mar 22, 2019
China’s “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) finally ended on Friday 15 March. Both conferences are extremely significant for both...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-fire-next-time/1485655
Economic development could get derailed?
RN Bhaskar -- March 20, 2019
The title has been borrowed from a 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin. The book contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth...
Northeast India is tranforming rapidly
RN Bhaskar -- 12 March, 2019
There’s an air of urgency in the Northeast. Developments in this region could completely alter trade routes, logistics, and economic growth. It could change military strategy too – especially for...
