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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/policy/pre-budget-series-barbarians-at-the-gates-of-education-4824521.html Pre-Budget-series - III Please save education from the wolves RN Bhaskar  --  17 January 2020 Dear Finance Minister: I write this note both as a journalist as well as a person closely involved with the world of academics. And also as a concerned...
Slipping standards, poor products, terrible customer care at Helix-Timex-Titan Titan is a wonderful brand.  It belongs to the Tata group.  And, yes, this company is known for the quality of its products, and its amazing customer care. That may be true...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/oil-prices-could-be-on-fire-will-india-get-scalded Oil prices flare up. Beware India. By RN Bhaskar Oil prices are going up. But domestic oil prices have not been increased. Is it the elections? If yes, expect a sudden spike in domestic oil prices once election results get announced. Oil...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Jan 9-15, 2022 Drive looking through the windshield, not the rear view mirror! ­­India has a young and talented pool of people, and has been blessed with adequate natural resources. Indian born people are, today, heading companies like...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-plunder-part-iii-forget-nadir-shah-and-ghazni-the-government-is-a-bigger-plunderer India plunder – Part III: The Indian government has emerged as a bigger plunderer than either Nadir Shah or Ghazni plunderer RN Bhaskar -- September 17, 2020 ============== The other parts of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/ ========================== There are many ways to describe...
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...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/transformation-of-maharashtra-industry-revitalised-webinar-mahas-goal-of-1-trillion-remains-unchanged-despite-the-pandemic MIDC confident of achieving a US$ 1 trillion output soon By Jescilia Karayamparambil - April 5, 2021, When you are among the best performers, then the expectations around such performers are also high. Thus, when India aspires to become a five-trillion...

INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE By J Mulraj Nov 6-12, 2022 Blind to logic, responsibility and common sense A recent report in Washington Post says that the US is asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be willing to negotiate peace with Russia, without preconditions, such as...
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’...
Doing business with the dead? Those who do not respect the dead cannot be expected to respect the living either.  And democracy and elections cease to have any meaning if rampant impersonation and dummy voting is permitted. Remember the brilliant...