Saturday, June 13, 2026
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/maharashtras-rural-revolution-2-dairy-livestock-and-fisheries-help-de-risk-the-farmer-3472244.html Unlike UP, Maharashtra has begun promoting livestock, poultry and fisheries as well to de-risk-farmers May, 23 2017 15:50:27 IST This is the second and concluding part of the two part series on Maharashtra's rural revolution. The first part can be found...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/israel-water-authority-spokesperson-uri-schor-we-ensure-over-50-of-water-available-is-man-made Interview -- Uri Schor, Spokesperson, Israel Water Authority Managing a miracle called water in Israel and the world RN Bhaskar – September 7, 2019 Few countries in the world understand water as well as Israel does.  It has managed to survive and...
NMMC has abetted landgrab earlier as well The first two parts can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/ http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-ii/ The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) came into existence on 17 December, 1991. It was formed to cater to the requirements of 29 villages comprising part...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/us-crying-wolf-ukraine-germany-russia-china-involved-in-dirty-cloak-and-daggers-game Geopolitics The US is crying wolf: USA, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, China are involved in a dirty cloak and daggers game over NordStream2 RN Bhaskar For the past week this author has been perplexed by the focussed tirade by BBC and CNN against...
A modified version of this article appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2020-fm-sitharaman-proposes-doubling-milk-processing-capacity-by-2025-but-is-it-feasible-4933011.html Budget2020 - Milk Processing: The government’s arithmetic concerning udders should give you the shudders RN Bhaskar – 11 Feb 2020 “To build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of milk, meat...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_a-great-deal-of-gas-to-harness_1807789 A great deal of gas to harness Wednesday, 6 March 2013 - 8:33am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna R N Bhaskar India has an unbelievable advantage in methane generation. Not just from bullshit, as this column explained last week, but...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/for-whom-the-roads-toll-and-for-whom-they-dont-2408275.html Road toll stations have done well; but they could do better For whom the roads toll, and for whom they don’t RN Bhaskar -- Oct 09, 2017 03:24 PM IST | Despite the hue and cry about demonetisation, it is now...
India plundered – Part IV Was Aurangzeb really all that terrible? RN Bhaskar -- 21 September 2020 ============== The other parts of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/ ========================== History books in India talk darkly about Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor.  Demagogues rail against him.  Stories...
Customercare at Xiaomi sucks The second part of the sorry saga can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/06/xiaomi-is-disdainful-about-customer-service/ Disclosure: Till last fortnight, I have been a fan of Xiaomi’s products.  I have been using its phone for more than a decade now. But...