Analysis

https://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-milk-crisis-farmers-need-to-get-a-fair-price-but-subsidy-is-not-the-solution-4775471.html Is the milk in Maharashtra curdling? RN Bhaskar Jul 19, 2018 Mahararashtra’s milk producers (actually supposed to be farmers who own cattle to produce milk) are on the warpath.  They are being led by Raju Shetti, member of Parliament, and founder...

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/analysis/coronavirus-nobody-likes-epidemics-but-dont-demonise-countries COVID-19 is a global emergency RN Bhaskar  --  27 February, 2020 All epidemics are terrifying, as they defy man’s capabilities -- of how to cope with them, even if temporarily. They frighten both common folk as well as health administrators. It is...

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...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-budget-2018-states-debt-increases-but-so-has-income-potential-4351519.html Maharashtra's budget has growth in its sights   RN Bhaskar Feb 14, 2018 20:19:13 IST Many newspapers shrieked that Maharashtra’s revenue deficit had crossed the Rs.60,000 crore.  It was also estimated that the fiscal deficit – the difference between the government’s expenditure...

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-aadhaar-does-not-identify-it-merely-authenticates-thats-an-important-difference-2502509.html Aadhaar: does it identify or merely authenticate? Part of the problem in understanding how inadequate Aadhaar can be lies in the fact that most people cannot distinguish between authentication and identification. RN Bhaskar -- Feb 07, 2018 08:54 PM IST Aadhaar, the...

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html Pre Budget notes #4 t RN Bhaskar  --  24 January 2020 By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope.  Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html).  Privately, economists...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/editors-picks/the-chimera-of-affordable-housing/1448875 Is the government serious about affordable housing? RN Bhaskar -- 31 January 2019 Time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, a time of confidences Simon & Garfunkel, Broken ends Fifty years is almost a life-time...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-asset-ownership-tells-tales-of-unconcern India explained through asset ownership RN Bhaskar It is when you look at data on asset ownership that you see layers of myths being peeled away.  Slogans fall by the wayside.  Pompous talk about a self-reliant India gets deflated.  And people...

A modified version appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/how-neglect-of-education-and-healthcare-has-put-lives-of-millions-of-children-at-risk-5279411.html The other two parts of this series can be found at : Education #2 and Education #3 Education #1: Lack of good education kills millions of children each year RN Bhaskar -- 18 May, 2020 India is facing...