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http://www.firstpost.com/politics/jayalalithaa-tamil-nadu-freebies-prohibition-hooch-assembly-election-2783010.html Financing votebank freebies: Why Jayalalithaa's financial model is a better option In a brilliant article, Swaminathan Aiyar talks about 'the alcoholic mammaries of the welfare state'. And he talks about how the freebies that chief minister J Jayalalithaa (and by...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/surge-pricing-ola-uber-dgca-free-markets-tatkal-railways-2779430.html Can surge pricing be right all the time? The buzz about surge pricing can be heard almost everywhere. Suddenly, you hear ardent defenders of the surge pricing principle. At the same time, there is no dearth of people who are...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/supreme-court-neet-medical-entrance-tests-aiims-pgmer-2773704.html NEET: The Supreme Court vs state governments; students confused The Supreme Court (SC) has finally decided that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is mandatory. NEET has been made compulsory for all MBBS courses across the country from this...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/neet-supreme-court-entrance-tests-medical-entrance-2764078.html NEET: The Supreme Court's stipulation is a welcome one The Supreme Court has made its intentions clear. It wants to go ahead with the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examinations for all MBBS courses across the country from this...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/grain-procurement-how-will-narendra-modi-government-handle-this-scam-2760156.html The scams in grain procurement The spectre of rotting grains has hit media headlines once again. What most have not stated overtly is that this may not be just another case of mismanagement. It could be nothing short of fraud....

http://www.firstpost.com/business/true-anywhere-else-banks-wouldve-settled-with-mallya-but-nowhere-else-hed-have-got-the-loan-2757580.html Was Mallya wronged? In some ways, Vijay Mallya, Chairman of the UB group of companies, may be right. He does rightly point out in a recent interview to Financial Times that the speed with which his passport was revoked is unprecedented in India’s...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-2751770.html The scorching pace of solar power – V This is the last article in a five part series.  The other articles can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/ India had every reason to do better...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/what-india-could-not-learn-from-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model-2749400.html The scorching pace of solar power – IV This is the fourth article in a five part series.  The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ In order to understand what made solar power become...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/india-has-tremendous-advantage-in-solar-power-space-but-where-is-the-money-2746748.html The scorching pace of solar power – III This is the 3rd article in a five part series.  The others can be found at: Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part II: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/crashing-prices-india-can-gain-immensely-solar-power-space/ Part IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ There is the crisp static of expectation in the...

http://www.firstpost.com/business/solar-powers-scorching-pace-how-india-can-build-its-fortunes-amid-crashing-prices-2745382.html The scorching pace of solar power – II This is the second article in a five-part series. The others can be found at Part I: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/is-fear-of-bankruptcy-forcing-oil-rich-saudi-turn-to-solar-power-wait-for-25-april-html/ Part III: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-tremendous-advantage-solar-power-space-money/ Part IV: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/india-not-learn-germanys-hermann-scheer-solar-power-model/ Part V: http://asiaconverge.com/2016/04/you-snooze-you-lose-early-entrant-germany-scores-over-india-in-rooftop-solar-power-scheme-html/ The demand for solar power – across the world –...