https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/opinion-please-leave-msme-interest-rates-alone-3207301.html
It is both stupid and dangerous to tinker with MSME interest rates
Banks are already weakened by bad loans. Concessional interest rates and forcing them to increase their allocation of funds to MSMEs from the existing 20-25 percent is not...
Delimitation of Indian states -- rewarding the Hindi belt
By EAS Sarma
This is a copy of a letter from EAS Sarma to the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, about the dangers of delimitation without freezing the population...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/new-government-will-inherit-unpaid-infrastructure-bill-of-rs-12-4-lakh-crore-3937001.html
Unpaid bills for the new government
RN Bhaskar -- May 06, 2019
The latest report titled ‘Status of Infrastructure projects’, from CARE Ratings (dated 18 April 2019) makes for interesting reading. But reading between the numbers, it becomes evident that the...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-convicted-of-rape-is-the-haryana-government-protecting-the-dera-chief-to-secure-its-vote-bank-4009439.html
Is the government continuing to protect Gurmeet Singh’s Dera?
RN BhaskarSep, 05 2017 09:39:11 IST
Part II and part II of this series can be found at
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/
and
http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/
For the last few days, the media has been buzzing about certain "high-level" meetings taking...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-has-de-beers-bushwhacked-the-kimberly-process-agenda-1543675
Has De Beers bushwhacked the Kimberley Process agenda?
Mon, 16 May 2011-03:21am , Mumbai , dna
The diamond trade is in a flap.
Ostensibly, almost all players in the diamond industry back the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). This is a certification...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/shankar-sharma-reading-the-market-tea-leaves
Shankar Sharma: The downslide has just begun
Ace investor and money manager Shankar Sharma is known to deliver robust returns for himself and his clients. Over the years, he has identified sectors and spotted several multi-baggers which have delivered more...
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/india/courting-god-the-supreme-court-attempts-to-rescue-indias-temples-2730860.html
Why the Supreme Court's intervention is crucial for saving Indian temples
Editor's note: This is the second segment in a three-part series on Hinduism, godmen and the judiciary.
What is Hinduism?
One of the best definitions comes from the Supreme Court itself...
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...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-saving-the-cow-comes-with-collateral-damage-jobs-exports-freedoms-votes-2307153.html
Milk, meat, cattle, people – II
Cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face
R.N.Bhaskar, Jun 19, 2017 11:27 AM IST
The first part can be viewed at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/06/why-the-cattle-slaughter-ban-is-a-bad-idea-mirrors-another-fundamentalist-streak/
Hopefully, the assurances on the cattle slaughter ban by the government before the SC on...
