https://www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-power-bill-waiver-beginning-of-downward-spiral-towards-bankruptcy-india-needs-to-check-frenzy-of-freebies-5761821.html
Gujarat power bill waiver: a downward spiral towards bankruptcy
RN Bhaskar -- 20 Dec, 2018
Few were prepared for the announcement. On Tuesday, the BJP-led government in Gujarat announced that it would waive off electricity bills of connection holders in rural...
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...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/china-paints-a-more-pleasing-visage-for-companies-and-investors-3672651.html
China woos foreign companies and investors
RN Bhaskar Mar 22, 2019
China’s “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) finally ended on Friday 15 March. Both conferences are extremely significant for both...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-bans-caprice-and-corruption-2097649
FSSAI and the abuse of law
Monday, 22 June 2015
| R N Bhaskar
Bans without well-documented processes and protocols lead to caprice even corruption
Timeline: early 1980s. India sees the emergence of a new form of blackmail. A trade organisation, Retail Druggists’...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-many-ways-to-rig-numbers
When there are more Aadhaar cards than even the populations of states
RN Bhaskar -- 13 February 2020
On February 6, Sanjay Dhotre, minister of state for Electronics and IT, informed the Rajya Sabha (reply to Unstarred question No.527 which enquired...
http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/2060821/Free-Press-Mumbai-Edition/09-Mar-2019#page/24/1
Interview
Biplab Kumar Deb wants to make Tripura an economic powerhouse
Biplab Kumar Deb became chief minister of Tripura on 9 March 2018 at the age of 47/ He was the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since January...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/fpj-initiatives/will-budget-2017-change-the-colour-of-money/1014480
Budget 2017 -- many unanswered questions
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 07, 2017 08:05 am
Photo by B. L. Soni
Budgets in India get dissected ad infinitum. Very often, though, the long-term thought and vision of the Finance Ministry and their subtle...
http://www.firstpost.com/business/govts-refusal-to-tax-agriculture-raises-many-questions-it-goes-against-principles-of-equality-3437302.html
Should agriculture be taxed. No says, Jaitely. Why not, say others.
RN BhaskarMay, 11 2017 11:18:37 IST
In the last week of April 2017, Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy lobbed what could euphemistically be called a hot potato into the lap...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/5-reasons-that-leave-many-unenthused-about-the-atma-nirbhar-schemes
Atma Nirbhar was a dampener -- five reasons to explain why
RN Bhaskar – 21 May 2020
The Greeks once described man as the only living creature who can stand upright, lift his face to the stars and laugh. Jackals laugh...
Adani, valuations and indispensability
RN Bhaskar
At a time when the Hindenberg report is aimed at destroying the value of the shares of the Adani group, it is imperative to take a step backward, and look at valuations in a new...
