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Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/for-whom-the-roads-toll-and-for-whom-they-dont-2408275.html Road toll stations have done well; but they could do better For whom the roads toll, and for whom they don’t RN Bhaskar -- Oct 09, 2017 03:24 PM IST | Despite the hue and cry about demonetisation, it is now...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/the-radical-power-for-all-solution-that-the-government-should-adopt-2396605.html Is the govt prepared for major disruptions in the power, fuel and electrical engineering markets? R.N.Bhaskar -- Sep 25, 2017 12:09 PM IST Decentralised solar power generation and methanation for village clusters could transform India faster than any doles from...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/govt-support-for-godmen-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-shows-state-not-ready-to-exit-religious-affairs-yet-4056839.html Is it the business of the government to manage religion? RN BhaskarSep, 19 2017 07:25:21 IST Also read Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ and Part II: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/   Should governments manage religion? Ask any common man this question – in India or even overseas – and the general...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/why-the-economic-survey-is-wrong-about-renewables-2390283.html R.N.Bhaskar -- Sep 18, 2017 11:50 AM IST Renewables and the Economic Survey 2017 One of the best examples of muddled thinking that has come to characterize researchers can be found in the latest Economic Survey – pages 119-128 of...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/how-off-the-book-e-payments-to-government-bodies-open-the-door-to-huge-scams-2382859.html Games government-owned corporations play with off-the-book epayments RN Bhaskar - Sep 08, 2017 04:28 PM IST The Prime Minister has constantly been reminding people that he wants to promote a cashless society. The theory is that with a more transparent...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/state-created-vacuum-of-real-spiritual-leaders-helped-flourish-self-styled-gurus-like-gurmeet-ram-rahim-4015111.html Gurmeet Singh fallout: Govt creates a vacuum for entrepreneur-gurus to flourish in RN BhaskarSep, 06 2017 20:10:32 IST Also read Part I: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ and Part III: http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ Look around everywhere.  The number of gurus in India is increasing each year. Many of these gurus are later...

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-convicted-of-rape-is-the-haryana-government-protecting-the-dera-chief-to-secure-its-vote-bank-4009439.html Is the government continuing to protect Gurmeet Singh’s Dera? RN BhaskarSep, 05 2017 09:39:11 IST   Part II and part II of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/entrepreneur-godmen-flourish-as-hindu-temple-trusts-nationalised/ and http://www.asiaconverge.com/2017/09/should-governments-be-promoting-religion/ For the last few days, the media has been buzzing about certain "high-level" meetings taking...

Source: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/it-is-governments-that-fetter-organised-hinduism-and-give-rise-to-ram-rahims-2375693.html What makes a Ram Rahim prosper and thrive in India? Mainstream religious groups get emasculated by the government of their administrative and financial, which creates a vacuum immediately filled by quasi-religious leaders having large numbers of followers and huge...

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/india-begins-its-cruise-but-it-has-to-navigate-rocks-2374311.html R.N.Bhaskar - Aug 31, 2017 05:54 PM IST Cruise tourism: a good start RN Bhaskar The task force set up by Gadkari has been able to resolve many of the vexatious issues. The government hopes that many of these issues could be...

Souece: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/the-story-of-indias-uncertified-deaths-why-the-grim-reaper-cant-link-up-with-aadhaar-2365737.html Death and Aadhaar don't mix R.N.Bhaskar -- Aug 21, 2017 08:07 PM Linking deaths to Aadhaar would have allowed the government to know when to terminate entitlements and direct transfer of benefits to a recipient once deceased. Recently, the government flip-flopped...