https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-has-a-better-version-of-panchayati-raj
Want a panchayati raj model? Look to China's social governance
RN Bhaskar -- 12 Dec 2019
China is about to launch a new national programme promoting social governance. On November 17, 2019, the People’s Government of Wuxing District, Houzhou, China, held...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-what-makes-madhya-pradesh-tick-2583155.html
Madhya Pradesh economy snapshot
During the past 12 years, ever since Shivraj Singh Chauhan became the MP chief minister in 2005, the state has witnessed a blistering pace of growth in agriculture
RN Bhaskar -- Jun 05, 2018
Some 15 years ago,...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-has-de-beers-bushwhacked-the-kimberly-process-agenda-1543675
Has De Beers bushwhacked the Kimberley Process agenda?
Mon, 16 May 2011-03:21am , Mumbai , dna
The diamond trade is in a flap.
Ostensibly, almost all players in the diamond industry back the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). This is a certification...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-air-india-goes-into-a-free-fall-but-is-nobody-to-be-blamed-1924458
Air-India -- a story of corruption, mismanagement and greed
If one wants to get an inkling of the mess at Air India -- the merged entity of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air-India -- do not go to the annual...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/hydroponics-the-future-of-agriculture/1237244
HiMedia looks at hydroponics
— By Jescilia Karayamparambil & R N Bhaskar | Mar 14, 2018
Mumbai : In one of the many offices of HiMedia Laboratories in Mumbai, there is a lab that is working on basic research relating to plants –...
Education in India has a long way to go
RN Bhaskar
Politicians love to claim that India can become the teacher for the entire world. They use the term Vishwaguru (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/next-5-yrs-will-make-india-vishwa-guru-modi-in-gujarat/articleshow/69510732.cms) . Even states like Uttar Pradesh that have done miserably...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/surge-pricing-ola-uber-dgca-free-markets-tatkal-railways-2779430.html
Can surge pricing be right all the time?
The buzz about surge pricing can be heard almost everywhere. Suddenly, you hear ardent defenders of the surge pricing principle. At the same time, there is no dearth of people who are...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/judiciary-is-india-a-democracy
Judiciary V: Without good justice delivery and education democracy is just not posible
(All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/)
RN Bhaskar 25 March 2021
S. Jaisankar, India’s minister for external affairs, is not one who is...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-restore-the-primacy-of-passport-for-citizens-and-introduce-work-permits-for-foreigners-in-india-2537423.html
Aadhaar cannot replace the passport as the principal identification document
The passport is the highest level of identification in India, so high that its importance among identification papers that it even carries the imprimatur of the President of India.
RN Bhaskar...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-budget-2018-states-debt-increases-but-so-has-income-potential-4351519.html
Maharashtra's budget has growth in its sights
RN Bhaskar Feb 14, 2018 20:19:13 IST
Many newspapers shrieked that Maharashtra’s revenue deficit had crossed the Rs.60,000 crore. It was also estimated that the fiscal deficit – the difference between the government’s expenditure...
