https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-the-risk-of-a-contagion-in-india-5065321.html
Coronavirus confirms government apathy for human lives
RN Bhaskar -- March 24, 2020
Testing and more testing is only way to know the extent of the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
India is in a lockdown, trying to evade the...
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.dnaindia.com/money/comment-there-s-nothing-like-the-sun-by-far-1312617
Solar Power: the great awakening
One has only to visit the main portal of the Desertec Foundation (http://www.desertec.org/en/foundation/) to appreciate the staggering consequences of solar power. Blazoned right at the top is the statement, “Within six hours deserts receive more...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-maharashtras-milk-of-human-unkindness-2741051.html
Maharashtra's unwillingness to have a fair policy on milk
It is sad that the state government has not come out with the facts before either the farmers or the public. It must explain why Maharashtra's private dairies and cooperatives cannot...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-asking-for-investments-is-good-but-can-india-guarantee-speedy-and-fair-grievance-redressal-2489553.html
Speedy grievance redressal is crucial for healthy investment flows
Much of the fresh investment into new projects has not taken off, even three years after Modi began wooing investors. Investors make conciliatory noises, but something keeps them away.
RN Bhaskar...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/625996/The-Free-Press-Journal-Mumbai-Edition/29-Oct-2015?show=touch#page/10/1
Pending cases and political criminality
— By R N Bhaskar | Oct 29, 2015 12:50 am
There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all,...
India is blessed with water, but it is misused, abused
Water Series 1 - http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/05/india-faces-a-water-crisis-of-its-opwn-making/ - India’s rapidly deteriorating water crisis
Water series 2 - http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/05/india-should-learn-water-management-from-china/ -- Lessons to learn from China
Water series 3 -- http://www.asiaconverge.com/2019/06/the-stranglehold-of-the-water-tanker-mafia/ -- The stranglehold of the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/free-farmers
Free the farmer from the government and from middlemen
RN Bhaskar -- Monday, December 23, 2019
Agriculture may contribute to just 14 per cent of India’s GDP, even though it engages over 50 per cent of of its working population
India is...
The government is keen on strengthening Aadhaar. That will allow it to effectively implement its Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme across the country.
But there is a gaping hole in the entire process. India has been counting only its living....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/good-portfolios-are-made-during-bad-times-mistakes-are-made-during-good-times-aseem-dhru-founder-ceo-of-sbfc
Bad times help identify good portfolios says Aseem Dhru of SDFC
Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 18, 2021
MSME-focused SBFC Finance has grown significantly in just three years. Today, the NBFC’s Assets Under Management (AUM) stand at Rs 3,516...
