Challenges before the 15th Finance Commission
The 15th Finance commission (FC) in its interim report for the year 2020-21 has recommended the share of states in the centre’s taxes to be decreased from 42% during the…
B.N.V. Parthasarathi
Ex Senior Banker, Management and Financial Consultant, Visiting faculty at premier B Schools and Universities. E mail- [email protected]
Buddha and his teachings
It is believed that Buddha was born on a full moon day in the month of Vaisakh, he attained enlightenment under the shade of Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya on…
Golden Opportunity in COVID-19 Crisis
In Bharat’s imports, crude oil occupies the first place whereas gold is in second position. On an average we import 800-900 tonnes of gold annually and Bharat is the third…
Tat Tvam Asi – Thou art That
At the macro level in the universe, there are five elements known as pancha bhutas (earth, water, fire, air and ether). At the micro level, all living beings have 5…
Suggestions to Rescue the MSME Sector Post COVID-19
With around 63.4 million units throughout the geographical expanse of the country, MSMEs contribute around 6.11% of the manufacturing GDP and 24.63% of the GDP from service activities as well…
Three Unique Temples in North Andhra Pradesh
Sun Temple of Arasavalli Arasavalli is situated at the outskirts (2 KM) of Srikakulam town in Andhra Pradesh. There are two famous temples in Bharat for Sun God. Suryanarayana Swamy…
Clean Ganga River – From Dream to Reality
Since 1986, when the Ganga Action Plan was conceived, the Central government has pumped in about Rs 5,000 crore to clean a river considered holy by hundreds of millions of…
Bharat’s Healthcare Infrastructure – Survival is the Mother of Innovation
The advent of Coronavirus has exposed the weaknesses in healthcare infrastructure in Bharat and how vulnerable we are if a pandemic spreads rapidly across the country. There are only 48,000-odd…
Will the Bar and Bench set new benchmarks?
According to National Judicial Data Grid as on 28.3.2020, in our country there are 3,21,86,550 pending cases in various courts across the country. Out of this, civil cases pending are…
Corona Pandemic – an Opportunity in Crisis
Bharat has just 2.3 critical care beds per 1,00,000 people whereas Italy which has 12.5 ICU beds per 1,00,00 people is now almost on the verge of total collapse due…