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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-corruption-collusion-and-legislative-filibustering-will-cripple-democracy-2531493.html Corruption and legislative filibustering could cripple democracy in India RN Bhaskar - Mar 19, 2018 03:22 PM IST A major development that took place last week could actually alter the way India functions both as a democracy and as a country...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-the-governments-gold-policies-make-indias-neighbours-richer-and-this-country-itself-poorer-4574121.html India's gold policies have impoverished the country RN Bhaskar -- Oct 25 2019 In 2013, P Chidambaram decided to impose a 10% import duty on gold (https://in.reuters.com/article/india-tax-finmin/gold-duty-raised-to-record-10-percent-as-imports-revive-idINDEE97C03J20130813).  The finance minister was quite savvy about the way financial markets work. He knew too...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/shift-to-cashless-are-mumbai-municipalitys-finance-it-depts-hoodwinking-citizens-3411040.html Are MCGM’s finance and IT departments hoodwinking the corporation and citizens? RN BhaskarApr, 28 2017 15:27:45 IST The government of India is rooting for digitisation and financial transparency.  Both are laudable objectives.  Almost every government department has been exhorted to enable...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/the-killing-fields-that-india-has-become-amid-the-second-wave-of-covid-19 Covid19 -- Who lit pyres on the killing fields? RN Bhaskar -- 27 April 2021 One has only to see the long queues of people standing outside hospitals.  Then one sees the numbers of people who have collapsed by the sidewalks. ...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-indian-private-sector-is-vibrant-never-mind-what-many-others-may-say-2734868.html The Indian private sector is doing better than imagined by many Read Part II of this article here. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has just released data on the finances of 237,398 non-government non-financial (NGNF) private limited companies. It shows...
A modified version appeared in https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fight-is-no-longer-between-the-good-and-the-bad-but-between-the-corrupt-and-the-rapacious/62370.html The farmer agitation: The fight is no longer between good and evil, but between the corrupt and the rapacious RN Bhaskar -- 15 December 2020 The farmer’s agitation has thrown up some rather perplexing questions.  Unfortunately,...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/opinion-indian-railways-is-headed-for-big-trouble-3364721.html Indian Railways faces tough times in the coming years Looking at some of Nitin Gadkari's ideas would be a good place to start to fix railways' problems. RN Bhaskar – 8 January 2019 Senior officials of the Indian Railways recently hauled up...
APSEZ posts excellent results Adani Ports and SEZ, H1 FY24 EBITDA jumps 49%, while revenue grew by 26% Y-o-Y Revenue increased by 26% Y-o-Y to Rs 12,894 Cr during H1 FY24 EBITDA increased by 49% Y-o-Y to Rs 7,429 Cr ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-china-relations-understanding-history-to-plan-for-the-future History matters – even in strengthening India-China relationships GIIS, the Guangdong University Thinktank, in association with JaiHind College, Asiaconverge and  the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai held a symposium on "Towards Better China-India Understanding: A Study of CPC Resolution on History". India...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-inevitability-of-trumpism Trumpism was an extension of other US crimes of commission and omission RN Bhaskar  --  10 January 2021 “There is always something that isn’t working … (with) people taking a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good,” --Pope Francis...