https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-china-relations-understanding-history-to-plan-for-the-future
History matters – even in strengthening India-China relationships
GIIS, the Guangdong University Thinktank, in association with JaiHind College, Asiaconverge and the Chinese Consulate in Mumbai held a symposium on "Towards Better China-India Understanding: A Study of CPC Resolution on History".
India...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/covid-19-march-will-soon-become-a-terrifying-sprint-in-india
Covid-19 -- the government has been caught swimming naked
RN Bhaskar
Today is Tuberculosis (TB) Day. Unlike coronavirus, where a vaccine has yet to be developed – it could take anywhere between a year to several years – tuberculosis has a...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/fcra-electoral-bonds-issue-supreme-court-upholds-fair-play-principles-once-again-3724051.html
The Supreme Court takes up the discomforting FCRA and electoral bonds issues and reins in govt arbitrariness
In doing so, the Apex Court re-affirmed the primary purpose of arbitration as ‘de-clogging the Court system.’ The Court held that such a...
Doing business with the dead?
Those who do not respect the dead cannot be expected to respect the living either. And democracy and elections cease to have any meaning if rampant impersonation and dummy voting is permitted. Remember the brilliant...
https://www.moneylife.in/article/who-is-responsible-for-keeping-farmers-in-bihar-and-uttar-pradesh-poor/64639.html
Poverty in Uttar Pradesh & Bihar is not accidental
By RN Bhaskar
Also read https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-fanciful-figures-of-uttar-pradesh/64715.html
The prime minister has often promised that he is determined to double farmer incomes. He was supposed to do this by this year.
But then, like most promises...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/banking-is-becoming-messier-in-india-rn-bhaskar
The easiest way to thieve is by focussing on banks
RN Bhaskar -- 19 December 2019
In her statement before Parliament on November 19, 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that public sector banks had reported fraud worth Rs 95,760 crore...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/fpj-initiatives/the-government-is-destroying-indias-milk-industry
Bypassing NDDB in milk imports will cripple the industry
RN Bhaskar -- 17 February 2020
The trade is clamouring for import of milk power. They say that production of milk has not been as much as had been expected this and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/nps-is-a-low-cost-high-service-oriented-old-age-security-program
Asvin Parekh reiterates that NPS is a low-cost, high service oriented, old age security program
By S. Narayanan and RN Bhaslkar -- Monday, December 23, 2019
That is what Ashvin Parekh, Chairman of the National Pension System (NPS) Trust says. This...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/amid-coronavirus-a-fresh-crisis-brews-in-the-indian-milk-industry
There is surplus milk production, while milk demand has slumped
RN Bhaskar
A fresh crisis is brewing in the Indian milk industry. The causes are two – the current lockdown conditions, and a milk surplus.
First, there is no denying that milk...
A modified version of this article appeared at
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/budget-2020-fm-sitharaman-proposes-doubling-milk-processing-capacity-by-2025-but-is-it-feasible-4933011.html
Budget2020 - Milk Processing: The government’s arithmetic concerning udders should give you the shudders
RN Bhaskar – 11 Feb 2020
“To build a seamless national cold supply chain for perishables, inclusive of milk, meat...
