https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/nbfcs-will-grow-by-15-percent-next-year-ys-chakravarti-md-ceo-shriram-city-union-finance
NBFCs will continue to grow -- YS Chakravarti
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 26, 2021
NBFCs have seen the industry go through a turmoil during the past few years and right now it is the COVID-19 impact. But these...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/old-vehicles-scrapping-policy-foreign-exchange-siam-nitin-gadkari-gdp-2795360.html
Scrapping old vehicles: cash for clunkers
RN Bhaskar -- 23 May 2016
Media reports this morning, quoting a PTI source, referred to Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for surface transport, commenting on the need for an old-vehicle-scrapping-policy.
In fact, it is quite possible...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/kanjurmarg-metro-shed-mmrdas-fight-for-the-future-of-mumbai-and-india
Get MMRDA's metro lines rolling in Mumbai
RN Bhaskar - March 10, 2021
Within the next one week, the courts will decide whether Mumbai deserves the chance to plan for a century ahead, or to think development piece-meal. At stake is...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html
From splurge to dirge – this this the future for India?
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 26, 2019
In the few months leading to the general elections, the government has launched least two ‘largest-in-the-world’ schemes. One is the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The...
When buying goods, look for CGST credit facility
RN Bhaskar
Update 2 - 1 March 2023: Croma is working towards being more customer friendly. It is now working on ways to ensure that outstation customers also get CGST credits. That's the...
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...
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
Feb 21-27, 2026, 2026
The calculus of asymmetrical warfare
Image created using Raphael
In the Biblical story, David, a young shepherd, used a sling to hurl a stone to knock out a giant, Goliath. It is, perhaps, the first...
"Method to blackmail India": Senior journalist RN Bhaskar on Adani indictment
2024-11-22_ANI_ Senior journalist RN Bhaskar on Adani indictment
2024-11-22_ANI_rnb_Adani_ A Tool for Global Influence_
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167206-alleged-adani-bribery-case-a-tool-for-global-influence
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_-Senior-journalist-RN-Bhaskar-on-Adani-indictment.pdf
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22_ANI_rnb_Adani_-A-Tool-for-Global-Influence_.pdf
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3167525-allegations-against-adani-a-diplomatic-or-strategic-manoeuvre
A Diplomatic or Strategic Manoeuvre_
https://asiaconverge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/A-Diplomatic-or-Strategic-Manoeuvre_.pdf
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Sergei Lavrov
The US has a history of ruthless blackmail, as was articulated quite...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-union-minister-piyush-goyal-got-it-wrong-about-retail-trade-and-ecommerce
Five things that Minister Piyush Goyal was totally wrong about.
By RN Bhaskar
August 2021 was a dark day for India. Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister for Commerce (whom the government has also made minister for textiles and consumer affairs, food, and...
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...
