https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/garware-technical-fibres-could-transform-agriculture-and-fisheries-in-india-3028621.html
Garware Technical Fibres transforms India's agriculture and fisheries
In some coastal areas, GTF has designed nets that actually allow the waves to bring in water and sand, but prevent the waters from carrying back the sand.
RN Bhaskar - Oct 10,...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtras-rural-revolution-i-make-way-up-and-gujarat-state-aims-to-be-the-countrys-no-1-milk-producer-3467222.html
Maharashtra focusses on milk
RN BhaskarMay, 22 2017 13:24:54 IST
(This is the first in a two-part series about the Maharashtra government policies for rural development. The second part can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/05/maharashtra-promotes-livestock-poultry-fisheries-as-well/)
If the government of Maharashtra has its way,...
The Aruna Shanbag verdict
The hits and the misses
The Supreme Court has ruled that Aruna Shanbag should be allowed to live. In other words, it has ruled out active euthanasia, which allows someone to terminate the life of someone who...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/uncategorized/vpm-trust-chairman-vijay-bedekar-india-needs-a-forward-looking-visionary-in-education/1416360
VPM's Bedekar has big plans for education
written by R N Bhaskar and Jescilia Karayamparambil. December 17, 2018
Thane-based Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM) came into existence in August 1935. It has immovable assets of over Rs 12 crore. VPM has...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/bribery-in-india-how-to-minimise-bribe-giving-and-taking-2818398.html
Bribery in India: It can be minimised
This is the second and final part of a series on bribery. The first part examined a variety of scenarios wherein Indian laws can be seen to be protecting and promoting bribery and...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/comment-restore-the-primacy-of-passport-for-citizens-and-introduce-work-permits-for-foreigners-in-india-2537423.html
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/to-prevent-child-sex-abuse-paedophilia-needs-to-recognised-as-mental-disorder/1030860
Interview – Dr. Klaus Beier, MD PhD, Charite, Berlin
Child abuse: Do you like children in ways you shouldn't?
Dr. Klaus M Beier is a full professor at the Charité, the University Hospital of Berlin, which is the biggest University Clinic...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-mood-is-upbeat-with-swedish-companies-in-india
Interview: Anna Lekvall
A flourishing relationship between Sweden and India
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 31, 2020
Like her predecessors, Anna Lekvall, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, plans to continue focussing on business, looking at India-Sweden ties. She...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/grain-procurement-how-will-narendra-modi-government-handle-this-scam-2760156.html
The scams in grain procurement
The spectre of rotting grains has hit media headlines once again. What most have not stated overtly is that this may not be just another case of mismanagement. It could be nothing short of fraud....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/amid-coronavirus-lockdown-govt-stresses-on-need-to-exempt-transport-of-all-agriculture-products-from-restrictions
Covid-19
Firefighting on the agriculture front
RN Bhaskar – 8 April 2020
The central government has moved swiftly to contain what could be both a humanitarian disaster and a political blunder. On 3 April, Ajay Bhalla, home secretary, government of India wrote...
