New Blueprint, New Opportunities
By Guocai Tang, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Mumbai
Views expressed here are personal
2020 is a year of outstanding challenges and has a far-reaching impact in human history. Towards the end of the...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/budget-2020-farmers-will-now-reap-what-the-govt-did-not-sow-agri-distress-to-continue-7994461.html
Budget2020 - A budget that could have made farmers smile
RN Bhaskar -- 3 February 2020
This Budget paid the most attention to agriculture—if the percentage of spending is the yardstick to go by
Once again, if the number of...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/law-and-judiciary-more-sloganeering-less-vision
The judicial and the extra-judicial -- will there be a faceoff?
(All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/)
RN Bhaskar
India has always been good at coining phrases. They sound impressive. They suggest a caring and concerned...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/remembering-verghese-kurien-and-how-much-the-country-owes-to-him
Verghese Kurien -- the milk man of India
RN Bhaskar
21 November 2021 is the date on which much of India will be celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Verghese Kurien, the Milk Man of India. He transformed India as dramatically...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html
Pre Budget notes #4
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RN Bhaskar -- 24 January 2020
By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope. Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html). Privately, economists...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget/opinion-interim-budget-great-for-elections-but-worrisome-for-the-economy-3479481.html
Budget 2019 -- Great for elections, bad for the economy
RN Bhaskar -- 04 February 2019
The mood in the BJP ranks is upbeat. The recently concluded Budget 2019 session played the right notes for wooing farmers, the middle class and...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/russia-and-india-have-begun-to-tango-here-is-why-pm-modis-moscow-visit-is-critical-4472911.html/amp
Russia and India have begun to tango
RN Bhaskar – 25 Sept 2019
Last week, all news wires were full of developments on the India-Russia front. There was information that India and Russia had tied up to activate a maritime route...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2019-from-power-to-powerlessness-risks-are-real-4081751.html
Union Budget 2019: How to stop the country from going from power to powerlessness
RN Bhaskar -- June 10, 2019
The countdown has begun. Most marketmen have begun looking to the next budget proposals – the first to be announced by...
How India was plundered, again and again
Part I – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/08/government-plunder-productive-states-in-india/
Part II – http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-again-by-tweaking-rules-against-prosperous-states-and-encouraging-profloigacy-irresponsibility/
Part III — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-iii-through-tax-devolution-and-transfgers/
Part IV — http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/indian-governments-outdid-aurangzeb-they-emasculated-hindu-temples/
Part V : http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/09/india-plundered-v-many-ways-plundering-india/
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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...
