https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/opinion-foreign-aid-will-flow-to-kerala-whether-the-centre-wants-it-or-not-2873771.html
Disaster relief will flow to Kerala despite the central govt's dictat
There are several ways of looking at humanitarian aid. These came into sharp focus after the Union government refused to let the UAE donate Rs 700 crore as relief...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rn-bhaskar-india-russia-friends-for-70-years/1051178
India-Russia: Friends for 70 Years
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 12:05 pm
Soviet Ambassador Kirill Novikov arriving in New Delhi 1947 to establish formal diplomatic relations with India
It was in Goa, India, that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-the-problem-of-citizenship-and-slum-votebanks-and-the-work-permit-solution-2570637.html
Citizenship, votebanks, the Northeast and the need for work permits
RN Bhaskar -- May 17, 2018
Last week, the low-hanging clouds burst, both literally and figuratively. Even as rains descended on parts of the Northeast, the whole region rumbled with sounds...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/indias-water-scarcity-is-a-confirmed-myth-and-why-govts-propagate-it-4180631.html
Water #8
Other articles in this series are listed below
Water scarcity is a myth India loves to propagate
RN Bhaskar – 8 July 2019
The myth of water scarcity in India was shattered a few weeks ago, when the Central Water Commission...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/the-great-indian-irony-farmers-starve-while-politicians-agriculture-income-continue-to-rise-3360212.html
Loan waivers, farmer suicides, private wealth and public starvation
RN BhaskarMar, 30 2017 16:56:33 IST
There is something horrible, almost Kafka-esque, that is taking place in Maharashtra.
Politicians across the spectrum have been demanding loan waivers. When a banker cautions against erosion...
How India was plundered, again and again
Part I – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/08/government-plunder-productive-states-in-india/
Part II – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-again-by-tweaking-rules-against-prosperous-states-and-encouraging-profloigacy-irresponsibility/
Part III — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-iii-through-tax-devolution-and-transfgers/
Part IV — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/indian-governments-outdid-aurangzeb-they-emasculated-hindu-temples/
Part V : http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-v-many-ways-plundering-india/
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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/opinion-slum-creation-is-a-mammoth-scam-across-indian-cities-and-towns-2961321.html
Slums: the destruction of democracy and financial propriety
Slum formation and protection is nothing short of demographic tinkering on the one hand, and buying votes on the other
RN Bhaskar -- Sep 18, 2018
Last week, in a quiet move, the government...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-economic-survey-2017-doesnt-have-data-tables-omission-or-oversight-3306734.html
Economic Survey 2017 - where are the missing statistical appendices?
By R.N.Bhaskar; 9 March 2013
The Modi government came to power on a chariot driven by three horses. The first heralded a promise of less government more governance. The second assured...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/meghalaya-coal-mine-tragedy-exposes-apathy-of-state-towards-miners-as-politicians-high-on-greed-overlook-human-rights-5846681.html
Meghalaya squirms about its coal mine – the exposure is shaming the entire region. Rightly so.
RN Bhaskar -- 7 January 2019
The entire north east of India is squirming. Not just Meghalaya. The spotlights were turned on by sheer accident. ...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2019-from-power-to-powerlessness-risks-are-real-4081751.html
Union Budget 2019: How to stop the country from going from power to powerlessness
RN Bhaskar -- June 10, 2019
The countdown has begun. Most marketmen have begun looking to the next budget proposals – the first to be announced by...
