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MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj May 17-23, 2025   Greed for tax revenue leads to bad decisions Image created using Bing   India’s tax/GDP ratio seems, on surface, to be low, at 11.7% (direct taxes 6.1% of GDP and indirect 5.6%). The ratio is higher in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/contract-farming-now-has-to-take-roots-in-mp-rajnikant-rai-ceo-itc-agri-business-division/1290275 Contract farming now has to take roots in Madhya Pradesh: Rajnikant Rai, CEO, ITC Agri Business Division — By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | Jun 05, 2018   The state of Madhya Pradesh has made rapid progress in the agricultural sector....
How to give India's gold a better glow yet make it part of a "Make in India" movement You can download the full report from here: Gold is one of the oldest industries in India employing almost 3.5 million people. But its...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-great-indian-irony-farmers-starve-while-politicians-agriculture-income-continue-to-rise-3360212.html Loan waivers, farmer suicides, private wealth and public starvation RN BhaskarMar, 30 2017 16:56:33 IST There is something horrible, almost Kafka-esque, that is taking place in Maharashtra. Politicians across the spectrum have been demanding loan waivers.  When a banker cautions against erosion...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-saving-the-cow-comes-with-collateral-damage-jobs-exports-freedoms-votes-2307153.html Milk, meat, cattle, people – II Cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face R.N.Bhaskar, Jun 19, 2017 11:27 AM IST The first part can be viewed at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/why-the-cattle-slaughter-ban-is-a-bad-idea-mirrors-another-fundamentalist-streak/ Hopefully, the assurances on the cattle slaughter ban by the government before the SC on...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/india-needs-to-re-think-at-least-five-policies-in-respect-of-waste-management-4510371.html India is wrong about waste management in at least five ways RN Bhaskar  --  9 October, 2019 For the last few years, Indian politicians like to rail and rant against the use of plastic. Some states have even gone to the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-focus-on-agriculture-to-revive-indias-economy Budget-22 ought to focus on agriculture RN Bhaskar The finance minister will be announcing her budget-22 measures soon. Once again, you can expect her to assure the country that all-is-well.  This is a song we have heard for the past several...

How India was plundered, again and again Part I – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/08/government-plunder-productive-states-in-india/ Part II – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-again-by-tweaking-rules-against-prosperous-states-and-encouraging-profloigacy-irresponsibility/ Part III — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-iii-through-tax-devolution-and-transfgers/ Part IV — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/indian-governments-outdid-aurangzeb-they-emasculated-hindu-temples/ Part V :  http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-v-many-ways-plundering-india/ ——————————————
http://www.firstpost.com/business/demonetisation-impact-chidambaram-is-wrong-indias-gdp-will-soar-even-without-new-jobs-3243304.html Epayment spells boom-times for financial intermediaries RN BhaskarFeb, 02 2017 13:59:54 IST Critics of demonetisation (and epayment) are quick to point out that the de-legalisation of high value notes could lead to a slowdown of the economy. Maybe, it will. But even then...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By: J Mulraj AUG 5-11, 2023 Can the former innovate fast enough? Some 2400 years ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said ‘there are, in fact, two things. Science and opinion. The former begets knowledge. The latter begets ignorance.’ Read the...