https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-despite-govt-assurances-farmers-feel-betrayed
Budget-22: Has agriculture become irrelevant for India?
RN Bhaskar
As expected, Budget-22 had a lot to talk about farming. But they all amounted to little. Farmers are bitter about the provisions, or the lack of them.
The finance minister made the following...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-power-bill-waiver-beginning-of-downward-spiral-towards-bankruptcy-india-needs-to-check-frenzy-of-freebies-5761821.html
Gujarat power bill waiver: a downward spiral towards bankruptcy
RN Bhaskar -- 20 Dec, 2018
Few were prepared for the announcement. On Tuesday, the BJP-led government in Gujarat announced that it would waive off electricity bills of connection holders in rural...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/bangladesh-has-a-lesson-or-two-for-india-in-schooling-5289451.html/amp
The other two parts of this series can be found at :
Education #! and Education #2
Education #3: Watch Bangladesh – it has been doing what India forgot to do
RN Bhaskar – May 20, 2020
India needs to watch Bangladesh very...
Why is MIDC silent?
For Part I see here (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/)
Legally speaking, MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) properties are ‘notified’ territories. This means that nobody can use any part of this area for residential real estate development purposes, as it is...
A modified version appeared in https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fight-is-no-longer-between-the-good-and-the-bad-but-between-the-corrupt-and-the-rapacious/62370.html
The farmer agitation: The fight is no longer between good and evil, but between the corrupt and the rapacious
RN Bhaskar -- 15 December 2020
The farmer’s agitation has thrown up some rather perplexing questions. Unfortunately,...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/duties-taxes-corruption-how-the-government-abets-the-smuggling-of-gold-2324877.html
Gold - II
Part I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/india-loves-gold1/
Part III can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/can-the-govt-clean-up-the-gold-trade/
Smuggling, corruption and poor low credibility afflict this industry
RN Bhaskar Jul 13, 2017 03:11 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
The government itself has abetted the...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-revolutions-in-india-are-all-about-exploiting-the-poor-2443515.html
Is it a revolution, or the ruthless exploitation of the poor?
It is quite possible that the revolutionaries of J&K have been agitating because they have been asked to agitate. And the fact that the children of rich folk...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-with-polls-nearing-will-uttar-pradeshs-farm-sector-industry-get-a-boost-3195220.html
Budget proposals that could swing voter sentiment - I: Will agriculture get priority in Budget 2017, on the eve of Uttar Pradesh elections?
(With elections being announced for many states, including Uttar Pradesh, many believe that the budget to be...
Nothing like the sun
India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy (see chart).
Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year on year. It is worth recalling that it was Germany(http://dnai.in/bj4W)...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-how-politics-is-playing-havoc-with-carbon-control-imperatives-2691271.html
Elections and carbon control imperatives
Prudence is a good thing to be taught in schools, but not something that is cherished and championed during election season.
RN Bhaskar - Jul 10, 2018
Election seasons are not always the best of times for...
