Education in India has a long way to go
RN Bhaskar
Politicians love to claim that India can become the teacher for the entire world. They use the term Vishwaguru (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/next-5-yrs-will-make-india-vishwa-guru-modi-in-gujarat/articleshow/69510732.cms) . Even states like Uttar Pradesh that have done miserably...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-with-polls-nearing-will-uttar-pradeshs-farm-sector-industry-get-a-boost-3195220.html
Budget proposals that could swing voter sentiment - I: Will agriculture get priority in Budget 2017, on the eve of Uttar Pradesh elections?
(With elections being announced for many states, including Uttar Pradesh, many believe that the budget to be...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/narendra-modis-israel-visit-how-both-countries-can-draw-on-mutual-dependencies-to-boost-ties-3777533.html
India-Israel:
Drawing on mutual interdependencies
RN BhaskarJul, 05 2017 11:19:31 IST
Broadly speaking, India-Israel ties can be summed up by segmenting them into three parts. The first begins from 17 September, 1950, when India officially recognized the state of Israel. But 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...
India’s poor record-keeping about deaths and ghost voters
RN Bhaskar
On May 22, 2023, there were news reports about the Home ministry planning to introduce a new Bill in the Parliament. The Bill would seek to link birth and death registers...
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.dnaindia.com/money/report-warehousing-act-to-be-the-farm-game-changer-1478714
The birth of WDRA
R N Bhaskar | Thu, 9 Dec 2010-03:37am , Mumbai , DNA
On October 25, possibly due to tremendous pressure applied by the Supreme Court of India, the Warehouse Development & Regulation Act (WDRA) 2007...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/between-smiles-and-sorrows-world-bank-forecasts-india-gdp-rise-but-raises-unemployment-concerns-2558785.html
World Bank's fears and expectations about India
The report says that “40 emerging market and developing economies are projected to grow more slowly in per capita terms than advanced economies, failing to narrow income gaps vis-à-vis the group of more...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481
AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018
Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2019-benefits-quota-skewed-towards-minorities-majority-middle-class-ignored-will-jaitley-remedy-this-5896291.html
Budget 2019
The battering of the middle class
RN Bhaskar Jan 15, 2019
It will probably be a vote on account next month. But the expectations of a decent budget will be kept alive. Hopefully, even for electoral reasons, some of...
