Tuesday, March 10, 2026
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/opinion-please-leave-msme-interest-rates-alone-3207301.html It is both stupid and dangerous to tinker with MSME interest rates Banks are already weakened by bad loans. Concessional interest rates and forcing them to increase their allocation of funds to MSMEs from the existing 20-25 percent is not...
Delimitation of Indian states -- rewarding the Hindi belt By EAS Sarma This is a copy of a letter from EAS Sarma to the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, about the dangers of delimitation without freezing the population...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/new-government-will-inherit-unpaid-infrastructure-bill-of-rs-12-4-lakh-crore-3937001.html Unpaid bills for the new government RN Bhaskar -- May 06, 2019 The latest report titled ‘Status of Infrastructure projects’, from CARE Ratings (dated 18 April 2019) makes for interesting reading.  But reading between the numbers, it becomes evident that the...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-convicted-of-rape-is-the-haryana-government-protecting-the-dera-chief-to-secure-its-vote-bank-4009439.html Is the government continuing to protect Gurmeet Singh’s Dera? RN BhaskarSep, 05 2017 09:39:11 IST   Part II and part II of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/ and http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ For the last few days, the media has been buzzing about certain "high-level" meetings taking...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/shankar-sharma-reading-the-market-tea-leaves Shankar Sharma: The downslide has just begun Ace investor and money manager Shankar Sharma is known to deliver robust returns for himself and his clients. Over the years, he has identified sectors and spotted several multi-baggers which have delivered more...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/sustainability-makes-economic-sense-says-accs-ceo-sridhar-balakrishnan ACC works relentlessly towards sustainability The sustainability focus for ACC, a subsidiary of Holcim, is on account of two key concerns. The first is that every citizen of this world should leave it a better place for our children than...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/courting-god-the-supreme-court-attempts-to-rescue-indias-temples-2730860.html Why the Supreme Court's intervention is crucial for saving Indian temples Editor's note: This is the second segment in a three-part series on Hinduism, godmen and the judiciary. What is Hinduism? One of the best definitions comes from the Supreme Court itself...
NMMC tries making money from a notified area of MIDC (Parts II and III of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-ii/ and http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-iii/ There’s an ill-wind blowing across the Trans Thane Creek MIDC (popularly known as TTC-MIDC). It is the premier MIDC...
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...