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https://www.indiaratings.co.in/PressRelease?pressReleaseID=52222&title=rural-demand-to-support-economic-recovery%2C-but-cannot-substitute-for-urban-demand- India has specialised in the plunder of productive states ============== The other parts of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/the-plunder-series/ ========================== RN Bhaskar -- 3 September 2020 The government says it has no money for paying states their share of GST. There is money,...
What Budget-2023 should focus on RN Bhaskar India has reached a stage when the Union Budget has become more of a non-event.  The first hope will be less of the long-winded speeches. Can we have clear crisp enunciation of the salient...
Souece: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/the-story-of-indias-uncertified-deaths-why-the-grim-reaper-cant-link-up-with-aadhaar-2365737.html Death and Aadhaar don't mix R.N.Bhaskar -- Aug 21, 2017 08:07 PM Linking deaths to Aadhaar would have allowed the government to know when to terminate entitlements and direct transfer of benefits to a recipient once deceased. Recently, the government flip-flopped...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/adani-group-wins-bid-to-operate-six-airports-why-gautam-adani-will-continue-to-consolidate-hold-on-logistics-sector-6162631.html Some good reasons why Gautam Adani is interested in airports RN Bhaskar – 27 Feb 2019 At first blush many may wonder why Gautam Adani – who has already become the largest ports player in India – has suddenly become interested...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/from-investment-outlay-to-farmers-welfare-five-mistakes-one-must-avoid-while-reading-budget-2021 Budget 2021 has a lot of hype, and does not deal with many fundamental issues By R.N.Bhaskar -- 1 February, 2021 =============================== All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/ ================================ While the markets are euphoric and people close to the government...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/hydroponics-the-future-of-agriculture/1237244 HiMedia looks at hydroponics — By Jescilia Karayamparambil & R N Bhaskar | Mar 14, 2018 Mumbai : In one of the many offices of HiMedia Laboratories in Mumbai, there is a lab that is working on basic research relating to plants –...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/demographics-and-agriculture-ticking-time-bombs-will-union-budget-2022-address-them-10309221.html If Budget-22 does not address demographics and agriculture, it will be a tragic error RN Bhaskar The budget papers should get placed before the Parliament in a matter of a few days from now.  And it is quite possible that the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/introduce-the-cash-for-clunkers-policy-soon Revive the economy with speedy judicial redressal and a scrapped vehicle policy RN Bhaskar – 5 September, 2019 Last fortnight, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures that she thought would galvanise the economy. Among them was a roll-back...
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,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/we-want-to-grow-fast-and-right-abhicl-chief-executive-officer-mayank-bathwal/1355086 We want to move from pure health financing to health risk management says Mayank Bathwal, ceo, ABHICL — By S Narayanan and R N Bhaskar | Sep 13, 2018 Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company (ABHICL), the sixth standalone health insurance company in India,...