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The farmer agitation: The fight is no longer between good and evil, but between the corrupt and the rapacious
RN Bhaskar -- 15 December 2020
The farmer’s agitation has thrown up some rather perplexing questions. Unfortunately,...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/as-parliament-readies-for-gst-debate-supreme-court-to-decide-on-entry-taxes-2899728.html
Are entry taxes unconstitutional?
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The Union ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) has just announced that the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will increase their annual tuition fees from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2 lakh. “A decision to hike the fee over two-fold...
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Aadhaar cannot replace the passport as the principal identification document
The passport is the highest level of identification in India, so high that its importance among identification papers that it even carries the imprimatur of the President of India.
RN Bhaskar...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-is-setting-up-the-worlds-largest-rural-electrification-sustainability-project
Tata Power: Powering rural micro-entrepreneurship through clean energy
TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power has launched what could be termed as the world’s largest sustainability programme of renewable energy for rural areas. It has covered more than...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/gold-has-become-more-alluring-than-ever-before
PR Somasundaram-WGC-Gold requires one regulatory body
Tales around gold have always fascinated people. And as the price moves higher, or promises to climb, the fascination with gold grows stronger. Free Press Journal’s Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar spoke to World...
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Interview -H P Singh -Satin Creditcare
Microfinance has been doing well in these times
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http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-support-for-godmen-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-shows-state-not-ready-to-exit-religious-affairs-yet-4056839.html
Is it the business of the government to manage religion?
RN BhaskarSep, 19 2017 07:25:21 IST
Also read
Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/
and
Part II: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/
Should governments manage religion? Ask any common man this question – in India or even overseas – and the general...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/why-the-economic-survey-is-wrong-about-renewables-2390283.html
R.N.Bhaskar -- Sep 18, 2017 11:50 AM IST
Renewables and the Economic Survey 2017
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Satish Parakh believes that Ashoka Buildcon has a great future
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November 1, 2018
Five years ago,...
