https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/aditya-birla-health-insurance-the-changing-contours-of-medical-insurance-3046721.html
Aditya Birla Health Insurance redefines health insurance
RN Bhaskar -- Oct 17, 2018 health insurance, medicare,
Medical Insurance is a fascinating business. The need is immense. But the awareness of this need is pathetically poor. Medical insurance companies normally generate a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/from-investment-outlay-to-farmers-welfare-five-mistakes-one-must-avoid-while-reading-budget-2021
Budget 2021 has a lot of hype, and does not deal with many fundamental issues
By R.N.Bhaskar -- 1 February, 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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While the markets are euphoric and people close to the government...
Maharashtra could soon become part of BIMMARU
By RN Bhaskar
Image by Kalpesh Mistry
Is Maharashtra headed in the same direction that Uttar Pradesh has taken for the past few decades? Will it become another addition to the BIMARU grouping causing a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-missing-dead-series-part-ii-why-are-states-under-reporting-deaths-not-just-covid-19-deaths
The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/06/missing-dead-series/
The missing dead series – Part II
Why are states under-reporting deaths, not just Covid deaths?
RN Bhaskar
States under-reporting Covid deaths is well known by now. Some states have been so brazen about it,...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-how-aadhaar-and-npci-together-open-the-door-to-major-frauds-and-impersonations-2506669.html
Aadhaar and NPCI have left the door open for major scams to take place
Why was the UIDAI created when the same purposes (even biometric details) could have been achieved using the NPR?
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 13, 2018 05:00 PM...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/budget-2021-has-a-warped-view-of-indias-agri-economy
Animal husbandry was left with little in Budget 2021, though it deserved much more
RN Bhaskar – 8 February 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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To understand why Budget 2021 has a warped vision, one needs to...
India plundered – Part IV
Was Aurangzeb really all that terrible?
RN Bhaskar -- 21 September 2020
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The other parts of this series can be found at
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/
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History books in India talk darkly about Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor. Demagogues rail against him. Stories...
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...
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.freepressjournal.in/railway-lessons-for-india-with-love-from-japan/
Railway lessons for India: With love, from Japan
— By R N Bhaskar | Nov 26, 2015 12:09 am
India once boasted of having one of the largest railway networks in the world – thanks to the British. But it slipped in...
