https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/making-the-poor-even-poorer
Making the poor even poorer
RN Bhaskar
On Independence Day came the news that the finance minister planned to soon review the exemption-free new tax regime with a view to making it more attractive for individual income taxpayers, sources said. Eventually,...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-bans-caprice-and-corruption-2097649
FSSAI and the abuse of law
Monday, 22 June 2015
| R N Bhaskar
Bans without well-documented processes and protocols lead to caprice even corruption
Timeline: early 1980s. India sees the emergence of a new form of blackmail. A trade organisation, Retail Druggists’...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/nbfcs-will-grow-by-15-percent-next-year-ys-chakravarti-md-ceo-shriram-city-union-finance
NBFCs will continue to grow -- YS Chakravarti
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 26, 2021
NBFCs have seen the industry go through a turmoil during the past few years and right now it is the COVID-19 impact. But these...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-union-minister-piyush-goyal-got-it-wrong-about-retail-trade-and-ecommerce
Five things that Minister Piyush Goyal was totally wrong about.
By RN Bhaskar
August 2021 was a dark day for India. Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister for Commerce (whom the government has also made minister for textiles and consumer affairs, food, and...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/jayalalithaa-tamil-nadu-freebies-prohibition-hooch-assembly-election-2783010.html
Financing votebank freebies: Why Jayalalithaa's financial model is a better option
In a brilliant article, Swaminathan Aiyar talks about 'the alcoholic mammaries of the welfare state'. And he talks about how the freebies that chief minister J Jayalalithaa (and by...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/bribery-in-india-how-to-minimise-bribe-giving-and-taking-2818398.html
Bribery in India: It can be minimised
This is the second and final part of a series on bribery. The first part examined a variety of scenarios wherein Indian laws can be seen to be protecting and promoting bribery and...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-great-indian-irony-farmers-starve-while-politicians-agriculture-income-continue-to-rise-3360212.html
Loan waivers, farmer suicides, private wealth and public starvation
RN BhaskarMar, 30 2017 16:56:33 IST
There is something horrible, almost Kafka-esque, that is taking place in Maharashtra.
Politicians across the spectrum have been demanding loan waivers. When a banker cautions against erosion...
http://www.firstpost.com/world/lessons-from-brexit-immigration-to-remain-one-of-the-most-debated-issues-2856770.html
Brexit lesson: Don't every treat immigration casually; beware of demographic tinkering
The cataclysm has happened. The die is cast. Events will now roll their painful course. Nobody knows what will actually happen.
The British premier has resigned. And there is no...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-corporate-performance-3-value-added-is-extremely-important-for-developing-countries
Corporate groups-3
VA and exports are excellent indicators of financial performance
By RN Bhaskar (the first two parts of this series can be found at
https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/money-makes-the-world-go-round/ and
https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/corporate-groups-2-are-they-profitable/
In this last part of our series on analysing the performance of corporate groups, we look...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/morality-is-fine-but-liquor-is-quicker-why-opening-of-wine-shops-amid-pandemic-raises-serious-questions
The politics of liquor -- men, morals, Mammon and madira
RN Bhaskar -- 8 May 2020
Last week, the Union government eased the lockdown imposed on the country. It allowed several types of shops to open. But a startling inclusion was...
