Saturday, August 8, 2026
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-the-problem-of-citizenship-and-slum-votebanks-and-the-work-permit-solution-2570637.html Citizenship, votebanks, the Northeast and the need for work permits RN Bhaskar -- May 17, 2018 Last week, the low-hanging clouds burst, both literally and figuratively.  Even as rains descended on parts of the Northeast, the whole region rumbled with sounds...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2020-farmers-will-now-reap-what-the-govt-did-not-sow-agri-distress-to-continue-7994461.html Budget2020 - A budget that could have made farmers smile RN Bhaskar  --  3 February 2020 This Budget paid the most attention to agriculture—if the percentage of spending is the yardstick to go by Once again, if the number of...
https://countercurrents.org/2023/05/delay-in-census-enumeration-unreliable-death-registration-and-fake-aadhaar-cards-adversely-impact-integrity-of-elections-leads-to-misuse-of-public-funds/ Delay in Census enumeration, unreliable death registration and fake Aadhaar cards adversely impact integrity of elections, leads to misuse of public funds By EAS Sarma To Shri A K Bhalla Union Home Secretary Dear Shri Bhalla, The statutory census enumeration exercise, conducted under the Census...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/watch-jnpts-neeraj-bansal-explains-how-the-port-turned-around-despite-a-numbing-trade-slowdown-3053152.html JNPT's turnaround During the past one year, JNPT has embarked on a journey towards transforming itself. As Neeraj Bansal, deputy chairman, JNPT, puts it, in the past one year the "progress of JNPT has been fantastic”. Throughput at JNPT's terminals...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-private-players-new-tech-new-mines-a-gold-rush-may-be-upon-us-2574353.html There could be a lot more gold being mined in India Indians’ insatiable passion for the yellow metal will ensure that prices don’t fall any time soon, incentive enough for more players to get into the game RN Bhaskar -- May...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/digitisation-epayments-in-big-mess-with-no-regulation-in-place-customers-face-the-risk-of-scams-3420722.html The Watal report is forgotten; and the government permits epayment scams RN BhaskarMay, 03 2017 12:20:12 IST On 23 August, 2016, the government of India formally announced the formation of the Watal Committee (see pix).  On 1 September, the government issued...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/environment/opinion-govt-must-not-look-the-other-way-at-these-rat-hole-mines-3351001.html The Meghalaya mining disaster shows how the country has woken up again to the proliferation of illegal mines RN Bhaskar -- Jan 03, 2019 Even as this article is being written, rescue operations are underway to evacuate the 15 miners trapped...
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.freepressjournal.in/fpj-initiatives/will-budget-2017-change-the-colour-of-money/1014480 Budget 2017 -- many unanswered questions — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 07, 2017 08:05 am Photo by B. L. Soni Budgets in India get dissected ad infinitum. Very often, though, the long-term thought and vision of the Finance Ministry and their subtle...