Tuesday, July 21, 2026
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/pan-cards-have-huge-potential-for-fraud-heres-how-govt-could-prevent-misuse-3209132.html PAN cards could lead to big frauds The government has announced that it is working on ways to make the PAN card tamper proof. PAN is an acronym for Permanent account number that each potential taxpayer must have to carry...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ningbos-rise-as-the-worlds-largest-port-has-lessons-for-india-4719711.html Ningbo was India's trading partner even 2,000 years ago; then the Indian government turned myopic about trade RN Bhaskar  --  11 Dec, 2019 Last year, the world-port-ranking underwent a change, when Ningbo-Zhoushan in south east China became the largest port in...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-support-for-godmen-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-shows-state-not-ready-to-exit-religious-affairs-yet-4056839.html Is it the business of the government to manage religion? RN BhaskarSep, 19 2017 07:25:21 IST Also read Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ and Part II: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/   Should governments manage religion? Ask any common man this question – in India or even overseas – and the general...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/opinion-do-the-stock-markets-care-for-economic-growth-3073061.html Poor HCI rankings and a rising stockmarket RN Bhaskar -- Oct 23, 2018 One of the best indicators about the capriciousness of markets can be found in the recently introduced ranking of countries - the Human Capital Index.   Common sense would compel...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak-heres-indias-toughest-question-can-indias-slum-dwellers-follow-a-lockdown Covid-19: India’s agony of slums RN Bhaskar  - March 28, 2020 The sins of the past are to be heaped on the present.  And nothing could be more frightening than slums – both for people outside and for those trapped inside. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/budget-2021-banking-and-finance-are-we-putting-the-cart-before-the-horse Budget 2021 hurts both banking and Atma Nirbhar Bharat RN Bhaskar -- 09 Feb 2021 =============================== All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/ ================================ The finance minister has been lauded for her decision to create a bad bank and thus clean...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2022-why-provisions-for-agriculture-and-the-poor-are-laughable-with-no-attempt-to-reward-the-efficient-10341031.html Budget2022 Everyone seems to be smiling, but the strains are visible RN Bhaskar The Budget papers have been presented before the Parliament.  At the time this article is being written actual numbers for education and health are not available.  The education budget...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-convicted-of-rape-is-the-haryana-government-protecting-the-dera-chief-to-secure-its-vote-bank-4009439.html Is the government continuing to protect Gurmeet Singh’s Dera? RN BhaskarSep, 05 2017 09:39:11 IST   Part II and part II of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/ and http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ For the last few days, the media has been buzzing about certain "high-level" meetings taking...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-fees-hike-to-fix-the-institutes-its-essential-to-focus-on-the-foundation-2721406.html The IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) fee hike has highlighted once again the very lopsided approach of the Indian government towards higher education. Much of this lop-sidedness has a lot to do with the vision of the first Indian...