https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/comment-cattle-slaughter-ban-missteps-may-be-a-factor-in-the-bjps-electoral-woes-2579681.html
Cattle slaughter ban and politics
It will be interesting to see how the ruling party overcomes the grave mistakes it has made in the business of curbing cow and buffalo slaughter
The writing was on the wall since May 2017. Heady...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/2021-will-be-about-changing-the-narrative-about-zoom-says-sameer-raje-head-of-zoom-india
Sameer Raje -- narratives through Zoom
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- March 10, 2021
Over a Zoom call, Sameer Raje, Country head of Zoom India waits for the interview with FPJ’s Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar to begin....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/masina-hospital-on-right-path-to-regain-past-glory
Masina Hospital has a history that is amazing, and wants to make history again
February 25, 2019
A century-old Masina Hospital, has a come a long way, both literally and in terms of services. From a primary healthcare provider to a...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-farmers-strike-a-handy-tool-for-congress-and-ncp-to-hide-65-years-of-self-enrichment-3519481.html
Could Maharashtra’s farmer strike be a strategy to conceal 60 years of self-enrichment?
RN BhaskarJun, 05 2017 17:01:57 IST
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have together supported a strike by agitating farmers demanding complete waiver of all agricultural...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/it-is-governments-that-fetter-organised-hinduism-and-give-rise-to-ram-rahims-2375693.html
What makes a Ram Rahim prosper and thrive in India?
Mainstream religious groups get emasculated by the government of their administrative and financial, which creates a vacuum immediately filled by quasi-religious leaders having large numbers of followers and huge...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-petty-graft-could-sabotage-water-and-waste-management-and-even-the-pms-biggest-schemes-4236081.html
Water #10
(Other articles in this series are given below)
Water and waste management are crucial to the the PM’s biggest schemes, but they are being sabotaged
RN Bhaskar -- July 23, 2019
There are three schemes of Prime minister Narendra Modi which...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/with-drought-looming-maha-govt-dresses-up-budget-to-please-the-farmer-but-key-flaws-remain-2688018.html
On the face of it, the government of Maharashtra has sought to bring forth a budget that is farmer friendly. It has allocated some Rs 25,000 crore for agriculture. It has introduced schemes that appear to be aimed at...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/maharashtras-criminally-reckless-water-management-and-its-industry-unfriendly-moves-3138561.html
Reckless water management in Maharashtra borders on criminality
Water levels underground have fallen by more than a metre during the past few years. That bodes ill for both the quality of groundwater — which could turn saline or toxic or...
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...
