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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-the-problem-of-citizenship-and-slum-votebanks-and-the-work-permit-solution-2570637.html Citizenship, votebanks, the Northeast and the need for work permits RN Bhaskar -- May 17, 2018 Last week, the low-hanging clouds burst, both literally and figuratively.  Even as rains descended on parts of the Northeast, the whole region rumbled with sounds...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtras-rural-revolution-i-make-way-up-and-gujarat-state-aims-to-be-the-countrys-no-1-milk-producer-3467222.html Maharashtra focusses on milk RN BhaskarMay, 22 2017 13:24:54 IST (This is the first in a two-part series about the Maharashtra government policies for rural development. The second part can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/05/maharashtra-promotes-livestock-poultry-fisheries-as-well/) If the government of Maharashtra has its way,...

Vistara's terrible ground service in Bengaluru Email sent to Vistara on 15 September, 2020 Full conversation can be found here at 2020-10-04_Gmail-Complaint about your wheel chair facility On 8 October 2020 the company finally apologised and sent in this explanation (2020-10-08_Vistara_Gmail_apology-explanation). But...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-wrong-diagnosis-and-refusal-to-accept-warning-signals-were-responsible-for-indias-slippage India's economy - the clock is invariably slow Ah! the clock is always slow.// It is later than you think – Robert W Service (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46651/it-is-later-than-you-think) RN Bhaskar There was a time when most people had the confidence that the economy would be pulled...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/walk-through-this-model-village-of-china By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar The Yu village model has lessons for everyone December 6, 2019 While this is a model village backed by development and flourishing ecology; there is yet another interesting concept that the villagers have embraced. Anji / China:...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html The scorching pace of solar power – IV This is the fourth article in a five part series.  The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In order to understand what made solar power become...

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/business/economy/comment-killing-innovation-threatens-to-be-fatal-for-modis-make-in-india-2509453.html India kills innovation even before it can take root Governments are loath to provide the funds for skill upgradation. So the upstart from the private sector who has access to technologies is viewed as a threat. RN Bhaskar -- Feb 16,...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/why-protection-from-markets-leads-to-rip-offs-an-example-from-tribal-india-2417491.html When protection becomes oppression – reservation invariably leads to exploitation and degradation in tribal India RN Bhaskar -- Oct 23, 2017 04:33 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com When politicians come forward to reserve entitlements for the common folk, they are...

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 =============================== All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/ ================================ To understand why Budget 2021 has a warped vision, one needs to...