http://www.freepressjournal.in/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/625996/The-Free-Press-Journal-Mumbai-Edition/29-Oct-2015?show=touch#page/10/1
Pending cases and political criminality
— By R N Bhaskar | Oct 29, 2015 12:50 am
There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all,...
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation. This spells trouble for all of us, even if we are largely law-abiding, they...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-warehousing-act-to-be-the-farm-game-changer-1478714
The birth of WDRA
R N Bhaskar | Thu, 9 Dec 2010-03:37am , Mumbai , DNA
On October 25, possibly due to tremendous pressure applied by the Supreme Court of India, the Warehouse Development & Regulation Act (WDRA) 2007...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-maharashtra-needs-to-relearn-chanakya
Maharashtra, Stamp duties, and Chanakya
“Just as one plucks fruits from a garden as they ripen, so shall a king have the revenue collected as it becomes due. Just as one does not collect unripe fruits, he shall avoid taking...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-india-must-turn-to-rooftop-solar-power-to-exorcise-the-ghosts-of-unemployment-2936071.html
The unemployment spectre, and the way to exorcise it
Several indicators project a grim picture of the rate of unemployment in India. Focusing on rooftop solar power could be the answer.
RN Bhaskar -- Sep 10, 2018
The government is in a...
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Oct 1-7, 2022
The environment be damned
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to impose a huge burden on the global economy, (especially the EU economies), on global trade and on the environment. The pledges made...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/demographics-and-agriculture-ticking-time-bombs-will-union-budget-2022-address-them-10309221.html
If Budget-22 does not address demographics and agriculture, it will be a tragic error
RN Bhaskar
The budget papers should get placed before the Parliament in a matter of a few days from now. And it is quite possible that the...
Customercare at Xiaomi sucks
The second part of the sorry saga can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/xiaomi-is-disdainful-about-customer-service/
Disclosure: Till last fortnight, I have been a fan of Xiaomi’s products. I have been using its phone for more than a decade now. But...
Falling oil prices, remittances and jobs
Feb 04, 2016 12:00 am
http://www.freepressjournal.in/falling-oil-prices-remittances-and-jobs-rn-bhaskar/771956
Any which way you look at it, non-resident-Indians (NRIs) have done this country proud. With hardly any government support programme, through sheer grit and enterprise, these NRIs have ventured...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/budget-2021-banking-and-finance-are-we-putting-the-cart-before-the-horse
Budget 2021 hurts both banking and Atma Nirbhar Bharat
RN Bhaskar -- 09 Feb 2021
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All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/
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The finance minister has been lauded for her decision to create a bad bank and thus clean...
