https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/from-investment-outlay-to-farmers-welfare-five-mistakes-one-must-avoid-while-reading-budget-2021
Budget 2021 has a lot of hype, and does not deal with many fundamental issues
By R.N.Bhaskar -- 1 February, 2021
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All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/
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While the markets are euphoric and people close to the government...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/good-portfolios-are-made-during-bad-times-mistakes-are-made-during-good-times-aseem-dhru-founder-ceo-of-sbfc
Bad times help identify good portfolios says Aseem Dhru of SDFC
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 18, 2021
MSME-focused SBFC Finance has grown significantly in just three years. Today, the NBFC’s Assets Under Management (AUM) stand at Rs 3,516...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-despite-govt-assurances-farmers-feel-betrayed
Budget-22: Has agriculture become irrelevant for India?
RN Bhaskar
As expected, Budget-22 had a lot to talk about farming. But they all amounted to little. Farmers are bitter about the provisions, or the lack of them.
The finance minister made the following...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-budget-2018-states-debt-increases-but-so-has-income-potential-4351519.html
Maharashtra's budget has growth in its sights
RN Bhaskar Feb 14, 2018 20:19:13 IST
Many newspapers shrieked that Maharashtra’s revenue deficit had crossed the Rs.60,000 crore. It was also estimated that the fiscal deficit – the difference between the government’s expenditure...
http://www.firstpost.com/world/euthanasia-debate-right-to-die-aruna-shanbad-india-us-italy-2790572.html
How the world perceives euthanasia
When one battles death at the age of 70 or more, the cause is heroic. But public reaction is a bit restrained. Death is eventually triumphant. Sadly, an old person fighting death, does not look...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/oil-prices-could-be-on-fire-will-india-get-scalded
Oil prices flare up. Beware India.
By RN Bhaskar
Oil prices are going up. But domestic oil prices have not been increased. Is it the elections? If yes, expect a sudden spike in domestic oil prices once election results get announced.
Oil...
India is slipping. Here are five steps to restore India to glory
These are articles meant for the government -- on what it should do to prevent India from slipping further into an economic morass.
The first article is just a...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-does-govt-continue-to-procure-rice-and-wheat-in-a-big-way-but-ignore-nutritional-crops-3425982.html
Pulse of the nation – II
Wheat and rice trounce nutritional crops like pulses in India
RN Bhaskar May, 05 2017 16:59:32 IST
Part I – Introduction. Misplaced fallacies.
Part 1I will talk about why wheat and rice have grabbed the politician-policymakers minds’. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/sustainability-makes-economic-sense-says-accs-ceo-sridhar-balakrishnan
ACC works relentlessly towards sustainability
The sustainability focus for ACC, a subsidiary of Holcim, is on account of two key concerns. The first is that every citizen of this world should leave it a better place for our children than...
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...
