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https://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2022-why-provisions-for-agriculture-and-the-poor-are-laughable-with-no-attempt-to-reward-the-efficient-10341031.html Budget2022 Everyone seems to be smiling, but the strains are visible RN Bhaskar The Budget papers have been presented before the Parliament.  At the time this article is being written actual numbers for education and health are not available.  The education budget...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-is-setting-up-the-worlds-largest-rural-electrification-sustainability-project Tata Power: Powering rural micro-entrepreneurship through clean energy TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power has launched what could be termed as the world’s largest sustainability programme of renewable energy for rural areas.  It has covered more than...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/coronavirus-pandemic-slums-are-new-hotspots-that-can-ravage-cities-5090381.html Coronavirus: the epidemic could easily ravage cities through its many slums RN Bhaskar  --  31 March, 2020 Last week, the government of Maharashtra formally acknowledged a new problem – slums (https://www.mumbailive.com/en/civic/coronavirus-spreads-to-mumbai-slums-and-chawls-in-ghatkopar-kalina-and-patel-as-4-patients-test-positive-for-covid19-47281). Coronavirus which had spread among the relatively affluent had now...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/beware-the-merchant-charge-that-could-boost-gdp-spur-inflation-2459237.html Will India’s GDP start soaring because of MDR? RN Bhaskar -- Dec 11, 2017 06:45 PM IST It now appears that merchant discount rates --the rate paid by a merchant to a bank for providing debit card services -- may...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/comment-farms-destroy-value-not-because-of-farmers-but-because-of-the-government-2521885.html Farms remain a value destroyer, not because of farmers but because of the government RN Bhaskar-- Mar 06, 2018 03:52 PM IST To some extent the euphoria might be justified. Increasing farm production does normally mean higher incomes for farmers. Most media...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-support-for-godmen-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-shows-state-not-ready-to-exit-religious-affairs-yet-4056839.html Is it the business of the government to manage religion? RN BhaskarSep, 19 2017 07:25:21 IST Also read Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ and Part II: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/   Should governments manage religion? Ask any common man this question – in India or even overseas – and the general...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/commodities/diamonds-industry-in-trouble-and-it-is-not-because-of-nirav-modi-3193221.html Diamonds are certainly not forever While to some it may appear that this is a result of the financial scams involving some of the biggest names in the diamond and jewellery business, the causes go much beyond that RN Bhaskar --...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/aiming-to-make-sri-lanka-the-worlds-number-one-apparel-sourcing-destination-yohan-lawrence-2 Yohan Lawrence wants to make Sri Lanka the world's key apparel exporter In conversation with FPJ, Lawrence reveals Sri Lanka's remarkable progress in the apparel industry, its shortcomings and how he aims to set Sri Lanka apart as a sourcing...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ningbos-rise-as-the-worlds-largest-port-has-lessons-for-india-4719711.html Ningbo was India's trading partner even 2,000 years ago; then the Indian government turned myopic about trade RN Bhaskar  --  11 Dec, 2019 Last year, the world-port-ranking underwent a change, when Ningbo-Zhoushan in south east China became the largest port in...

https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/business/atma-nirbhar-doesnt-it-mean-self-sufficiency-and-promoting-honest-ways-of-doing-business/12637a11-2dd0-4d3e-b2f2-a0d8f46de60b Atma Nirbhar for MSMEs -- mixed messaging, little audit, and an encouragement to default on loans RN Bhaskar -- 16 May 2020 A few days ago, Prime Minister Modi outlined details of a Rs.20 lakh package his government had outlined for...