Sunday, December 14, 2025
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-despite-govt-assurances-farmers-feel-betrayed Budget-22: Has agriculture become irrelevant for India? RN Bhaskar As expected, Budget-22 had a lot to talk about farming.  But they all amounted to little.  Farmers are bitter about the provisions, or the lack of them. The finance minister made the following...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-power-bill-waiver-beginning-of-downward-spiral-towards-bankruptcy-india-needs-to-check-frenzy-of-freebies-5761821.html   Gujarat power bill waiver: a downward spiral towards bankruptcy RN Bhaskar -- 20 Dec, 2018 Few were prepared for the announcement. On Tuesday, the BJP-led government in Gujarat announced that it would waive off electricity bills of connection holders in rural...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/bangladesh-has-a-lesson-or-two-for-india-in-schooling-5289451.html/amp The other two parts of this series can be found at : Education #!  and  Education #2 Education #3: Watch Bangladesh – it has been doing what India forgot to do RN Bhaskar – May 20, 2020 India needs to watch Bangladesh very...
Why is MIDC silent? For Part I see here (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/) Legally speaking, MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) properties are ‘notified’ territories.  This means that nobody can use any part of this area for residential real estate development purposes, as it is...
A modified version appeared in https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fight-is-no-longer-between-the-good-and-the-bad-but-between-the-corrupt-and-the-rapacious/62370.html 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,...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/duties-taxes-corruption-how-the-government-abets-the-smuggling-of-gold-2324877.html Gold - II Part I can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/india-loves-gold1/ Part III can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/07/can-the-govt-clean-up-the-gold-trade/ Smuggling, corruption and poor low credibility afflict this industry RN Bhaskar Jul 13, 2017 03:11 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com The government itself has abetted the...
Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/how-revolutions-in-india-are-all-about-exploiting-the-poor-2443515.html Is it a revolution, or the ruthless exploitation of the poor? It is quite possible that the revolutionaries of J&K have been agitating because they have been asked to agitate. And the fact that the children of rich folk...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2017-with-polls-nearing-will-uttar-pradeshs-farm-sector-industry-get-a-boost-3195220.html Budget proposals that could swing voter sentiment - I: Will agriculture get priority in Budget 2017, on the eve of Uttar Pradesh elections? (With elections being announced for many states, including Uttar Pradesh, many believe that the budget to be...
Nothing like the sun India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy (see chart). Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year on year.  It is worth recalling that it was Germany(http://dnai.in/bj4W)...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-how-politics-is-playing-havoc-with-carbon-control-imperatives-2691271.html Elections and carbon control imperatives Prudence is a good thing to be taught in schools, but not something that is cherished and championed during election season. RN Bhaskar - Jul 10, 2018 Election seasons are not always the best of times for...