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/comment-the-problem-of-citizenship-and-slum-votebanks-and-the-work-permit-solution-2570637.html
Citizenship, votebanks, the Northeast and the need for work permits
RN Bhaskar -- May 17, 2018
Last week, the low-hanging clouds burst, both literally and figuratively. Even as rains descended on parts of the Northeast, the whole region rumbled with sounds...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-ceo-and-md-praveer-sinha-we-are-doing-a-huge-amount-of-rd-in-micro-grids/1276683
Tata Power's Sinha wants wants his company to be well-positioned to cope with the coming disruption
— By RN Bhaskar, Jescilia Karayamparambil | May 15, 2018
Praveer Sinha, the newly-appointed CEO and MD of Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, is embarking...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-the-governments-jobs-problem-is-serious-but-there-are-solutions-at-hand-2567017.html
Yes there is unemployment; but is the government serious about redressing it?
This government, if one goes by CMIE estimates, could create only 1.43 million jobs in 2017. This is contrary to what the government wants to claim
RN Bhaskar --...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-did-rbi-and-the-government-allow-the-npa-loot/1273740
Essar, Videocon and other NPAs - did RBI and the government abet this?
RN Bhaskar | May 10, 2018
Bank NPAs are bleeding India. Yet, on 14 March 2018, the RBI governor, Urjit Patel bemoaned the fact that he had more power to...
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/between-smiles-and-sorrows-world-bank-forecasts-india-gdp-rise-but-raises-unemployment-concerns-2558785.html
World Bank's fears and expectations about India
The report says that “40 emerging market and developing economies are projected to grow more slowly in per capita terms than advanced economies, failing to narrow income gaps vis-à-vis the group of more...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-the-spinoff-from-swachh-bharat-wealth-from-waste-could-be-big-sht-2556797.html
Wealth from waste could be big shit
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 25, 2018 04:28 PM IST
As against the demand of Rs 25,000 crore for financial year 2017-18 for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Grameen), an allocation of only Rs 13,948.27 crore has...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481
AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018
Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/comment-lessons-not-learned-indias-scams-amount-to-enemy-action-2550399.html
Scams have become India's national pastime
RN Bhaskar
Once is happenstance. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is an enemy action.
-- James Bond (Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger)
The markets are in a tizzy. Believers in a concept called India are dismayed. The...
