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...
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-she-is-leading-tribals-out-of-poverty-1428816
The Jharkhand miracle - II
The pilot is just the starting point. . .
R N Bhaskar | Thu, 26 Aug 2010-12:48am , Ranchi , DNA
Part I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2010/06/howjanno-devi-and-others-transformed-jharkhand/
The turnaround in the lives of 190 tribal-farmers...
Banker, scamster and the hidden hand –making merry with bank frauds
RN Bhaskar
On 3 August, 2018, the government made a disclosure to the Lok Sabha which should make many people sit up and shudder.
The government pointed out that in 2017-18...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/we-as-government-want-to-make-a-history-mahadev-jankar/1072647
Mahadev Jankar wants to create history
— By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | May 23, 2017 08:25 am
Mahadev Jankar is a cabinet minister who is in charge of animal husbandry, dairy and fishery development for Maharashtra (from the representing...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-cultivating-seaweed-could-be-a-massive-opportunity-for-india-2589455.html
Harvesting seaweed
Asia stands as the world leader in seaweed cultivation and more than 80% is contributed by China, Korea and Japan. India has suddenly discovered that it too can be a player in this market
RN Bhaskar -- Jun 13,...
Moneycontrol carried a modified version of this article at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-an-opportunity-to-overhaul-indias-ailing-healthcare-sector-5079501.html
Coronavirus II –
Needed an overhaul of medicare: more free testing, more accountability
RN Bhaskar
The first part of this series appeared at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-contagion-india/
On the night of 24 March, the prime minister informed...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-israels-second-turnaround-startup-to-super-startup/1027628
The reasons which have made Israel a super-startup nation
Rn bhaskar
Fifteen years ago, Israel looked a bit vulnerable – economically, not militarily.
True, it sought to align itself with the western world – especially the US and the EU. But Israel’s...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/jayalalithaa-tamil-nadu-freebies-prohibition-hooch-assembly-election-2783010.html
Financing votebank freebies: Why Jayalalithaa's financial model is a better option
In a brilliant article, Swaminathan Aiyar talks about 'the alcoholic mammaries of the welfare state'. And he talks about how the freebies that chief minister J Jayalalithaa (and by...
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-whither-secularism-government-releases-rs5-coins-with-vaishno-devi-emblem-1925459
Is the government promoting religion through coins?
Coins and currency notes were never meant to promote any religion. However, curiously, just when national elections are round the corner, the government has released into the market five-rupee (Rs5) coins which bear...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/demographics-and-agriculture-ticking-time-bombs-will-union-budget-2022-address-them-10309221.html
If Budget-22 does not address demographics and agriculture, it will be a tragic error
RN Bhaskar
The budget papers should get placed before the Parliament in a matter of a few days from now. And it is quite possible that the...
