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This artickle appeared in the 9-23 November 2015 edition of Business India on page Nos. 64-65. The pdf version of the article can be downloaded from here: 2015-11-09_BusinesssIndia-Covestro Bayer spawns Covestro -- and a star is born Covestro plans to carry...
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/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html The scorching pace of solar power – IV This is the fourth article in a five part series.  The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In order to understand what made solar power become...
A modified version of this article can be found at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/tags/haier-india.html Haier India soars higher and higher in India RN Bhaskar  - Nov 7, 2019 Also look up http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/11/flying-higher-higher-haier/ Last year (2018), Haier India achieved net sales of Rs.3,500 crore in India, making...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-did-the-government-continue-importing-pulses-when-domestic-production-was-growing-3430972.html Pulse of the nation - III A story of how pulses imports drove domestic growers to the ground Part I – Introduction. Misplaced fallacies. Part 1I talks about why wheat and rice have grabbed the politician-policymakers minds’.  And how this has...
NMMC has abetted landgrab earlier as well The first two parts can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/ http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-ii/ The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) came into existence on 17 December, 1991. It was formed to cater to the requirements of 29 villages comprising part...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-does-govt-continue-to-procure-rice-and-wheat-in-a-big-way-but-ignore-nutritional-crops-3425982.html Pulse of the nation – II Wheat and rice trounce nutritional crops like pulses in India RN Bhaskar May, 05 2017 16:59:32 IST Part I – Introduction. Misplaced fallacies. Part 1I will talk about why wheat and rice have grabbed the politician-policymakers minds’. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/investments-land-is-the-smallest-part-of-the-problem Investments: The government dangles the promise of land for global investors; but they want more important issues settled first RN Bhaskar --  5 May 2020 The government appears to be in a rush to present a friendly face to foreign investors...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-what-chinese-dam-on-brahmaputra-means-to-india-2038737 What Chinese dam on Brahmaputra means to India Thursday, 27 November 2014 - 7:15am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna Two days ago, on Sunday, China operationalised its first major dam on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra. The first...