http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-students-abroad-the-darker-side-of-indias-higher-education-myopia-2720800.html
Some people are aghast at the government’s decision to hike education fees for the IITs.
Ask them to look at the fees that foreign universities charge. It is then that you begin to realise how myopic some of India’s policymakers...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/the-resurrection-of-class-tests-for-schools-to-improve-the-annual-filtering-of-students-needs-to-be-restored-urgently-2718716.html
Last week, the Union ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) stated that it was drafting an amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Act, which will also provide that a student must get two chances if his performance is...
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...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/marathwada-drought-the-region-is-parched-impoverished-and-desperate-the-exploiters-turned-into-the-exploited-2715116.html
Maharashtra is a state full of contradictions.
It is a state rife with more inequality than most.
And it is a state where each territory tries to exploit, and ends up feeling exploited.
The cries for water and the spurt in suicides...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/with-drought-looming-maha-govt-dresses-up-budget-to-please-the-farmer-but-key-flaws-remain-2688018.html
On the face of it, the government of Maharashtra has sought to bring forth a budget that is farmer friendly. It has allocated some Rs 25,000 crore for agriculture. It has introduced schemes that appear to be aimed at...
How to give India's gold a better glow yet make it part of a "Make in India" movement
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Gold is one of the oldest industries in India employing almost 3.5 million people.
But its...
Falling oil prices, remittances and jobs
Feb 04, 2016 12:00 am
http://www.freepressjournal.in/falling-oil-prices-remittances-and-jobs-rn-bhaskar/771956
Any which way you look at it, non-resident-Indians (NRIs) have done this country proud. With hardly any government support programme, through sheer grit and enterprise, these NRIs have ventured...
Japan eyes big ticket projects in India
Finance and skill development would be key issues for projects being looked at by Japan and China
In some ways, the deal with Japan for setting up India’s first bullet
train was almost decided when...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/railway-lessons-for-india-with-love-from-japan/
Railway lessons for India: With love, from Japan
— By R N Bhaskar | Nov 26, 2015 12:09 am
India once boasted of having one of the largest railway networks in the world – thanks to the British. But it slipped in...
This article appeared in Business India -- edition dated 23 November - 6 December. It can be found on page nos 78 and 79 of that edition. The pdf version can be got from here 2015-11-23_BusinessIndia_Japan-Financing-structures
In the Goldilocks zone
By...
