Niti Aayog claims that poverty declined by 24.8 crore in nine years
By RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image above shows all sorts of goodies being showered down on the people below. It is an adaptation of the legendary Indian rope...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/shift-to-cashless-are-mumbai-municipalitys-finance-it-depts-hoodwinking-citizens-3411040.html
Are MCGM’s finance and IT departments hoodwinking the corporation and citizens?
RN BhaskarApr, 28 2017 15:27:45 IST
The government of India is rooting for digitisation and financial transparency. Both are laudable objectives. Almost every government department has been exhorted to enable...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-should-look-at-these-7-areas-to-kick-start-economy-create-jobs-3216160.html
Budget 2017: seven things that could help government galvanise economy and create jobs
Jobs needed desperately. That was the writing on the wall even in 2014. The refrain continues even for Budget 2017. Yet, 2014 was when Prime Minister Narendra...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/meghalaya-mine-tragedy-despite-large-scale-exploitation-successive-govts-colluded-in-concealing-illegal-mining-in-north-east-5857011.html
How successive government colluded in concealing illegal mining – especially in the North East
RN Bhaskar -- 8 January 2019
Illegal mining is like slavery. People can justify them with specious logic – as Karl Popper would have loved to explain...
China celebrates the 111th birth anniversary of Dr.Kotnis
Consul general Tang Guocai of the Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Mumbai attends the Online Event Commemorating the 111th Anniversary of the Birth of Dr. Kotnis and the 110th...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/the-expanding-neem-portfolio-of-gnfc-2316949.html
Project Neem –II (part I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/gnfc-revives-the-glory-of-neem/
GNFC spreads its neem products umbrella
Rn bhaskar
“What began as a CSR activity soon began blossoming,” says Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, managing director, GNFC. “We began callecting more and more seeds. ...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/coronavirus-pandemic-slums-are-new-hotspots-that-can-ravage-cities-5090381.html
Coronavirus: the epidemic could easily ravage cities through its many slums
RN Bhaskar -- 31 March, 2020
Last week, the government of Maharashtra formally acknowledged a new problem – slums (https://www.mumbailive.com/en/civic/coronavirus-spreads-to-mumbai-slums-and-chawls-in-ghatkopar-kalina-and-patel-as-4-patients-test-positive-for-covid19-47281). Coronavirus which had spread among the relatively affluent had now...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html
Uttar Pradesh and the numbers it conjures up
RN Bhaskar
When prime minister Narendra Modi described the Covid management of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as “commendable”, or even “unprecedented”, it made even the most neutral of economy watchers squirm uncomfortably. The same...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/asia-dominates-on-internet-front-us-eu-way-behind-india-minuscule
Internet markets become more competitive
By RN Bhaskar
Fitch Ratings in its advisory dated 3 June 2021 (https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/chinese-internet-majors-investments-to-slow-profit-growth-03-06-2021) has underscored the possibility of fierce internet competition in the coming years. Already, major Chinese internet companies are prioritising investments in 2021. That...
