http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/budget-2018-focus-on-healthcare-is-good-but-dont-degrade-the-quality-2497317.html
Budget 2018: Healthcare is needed, but where are the doctors?
According to the plans announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his Budget presentation, each family is covered under the new National Health Protection Scheme.
RN Bhaskar - Feb 01, 2018...
An edited version of this article appeared at https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/russia-day-2021-and-quiet-flows-the-volga-a-review-of-india-russia-relations
This article is being published on 12 June, often celebrated in India as Russia Day.
Russia could be the catalyst in accelerating the shift to Asia the global centre of gravity for...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-fire-next-time/1485655
Economic development could get derailed?
RN Bhaskar -- March 20, 2019
The title has been borrowed from a 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin. The book contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-does-govt-continue-to-procure-rice-and-wheat-in-a-big-way-but-ignore-nutritional-crops-3425982.html
Pulse of the nation – II
Wheat and rice trounce nutritional crops like pulses in India
RN Bhaskar May, 05 2017 16:59:32 IST
Part I – Introduction. Misplaced fallacies.
Part 1I will talk about why wheat and rice have grabbed the politician-policymakers minds’. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/jnpt-acting-chairman-neeraj-bansal-our-sez-serves-every-class-of-industry/1376275
JNPT's Neeraj Bansal talks about investment plans
— By Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar | Oct 16, 2018
Government-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has been constantly improving across various parameters. During the financial year 2017-18, the port handled total cargo of 66 million...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-corruption-collusion-and-legislative-filibustering-will-cripple-democracy-2531493.html
Corruption and legislative filibustering could cripple democracy in India
RN Bhaskar - Mar 19, 2018 03:22 PM IST
A major development that took place last week could actually alter the way India functions both as a democracy and as a country...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/zhili-chinas-biggest-centre-for-children-garments
Zhili is China's biggest centre for children garments
By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaksar
This is no ordinary shopping centre—the whole ground floor that has around 100 stores is only for kids’ clothing.
Zhili/China: It is evening in Zhili town and lights...
Moneycontrol carried a modified version of this article at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/coronavirus-pandemic-an-opportunity-to-overhaul-indias-ailing-healthcare-sector-5079501.html
Coronavirus II –
Needed an overhaul of medicare: more free testing, more accountability
RN Bhaskar
The first part of this series appeared at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-risk-contagion-india/
On the night of 24 March, the prime minister informed...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/not-having-ip-protection-is-a-barrier-for-innovation-says-bert-van-der-feltz-ceo-of-east-west-seed-group
Interview:
India is the world's second largest market for vegetables -- Bert van der Feltz
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar - 29 October, 2020
In 2005, Bert van der Feltz (Bert), President and CEO of the East-West Seed Group along with...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-fees-hike-jump-from-rs-90000-a-year-to-rs-2-lakh-is-still-not-high-enough-and-heres-why-2718988.html
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...
