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India’s net FDI is collapsing
India’s net FDI is a pointer to a deeper malaise
By RN Bhaskar
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On May 23, 2025, media headlines announced (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indias-net-fdi-crashes-96-5-in-fy25-lowest-on-record/articleshow/121353121.cms) that India’s...
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Maharashtra has shortchanged farmers for decades. Will they hit back this time?
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Trump Trapped
11 May 2026
Trump is befuddled and lost
By RN Bhaskar
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Last week the world heard three narratives – both were economical with the...
State Elections Reveal Desire For Change
MARKET PERSPECTIVE
By J Mulraj
May 2-8, 2026, 2025
Some Changes Needed in Government Policies too, to Avoid a Repeat
Voter turnout in recent State elections was high,...
Trump sabotages the US
4 May 2026
Trump’s missteps and hubris
By RN Bhaskar & Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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There was a time when the world could have been saved....
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The problem of citizenship and slum votebanks, and the work permit solution
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/comment-the-problem-of-citizenship-and-slum-votebanks-and-the-work-permit-solution-2570637.html
Citizenship, votebanks, the Northeast and the need for work permits
RN Bhaskar -- May 17, 2018
Last week, the low-hanging clouds burst, both literally and figuratively. ...
Climate change, depleting reservoirs and the blindness to water treatment and recycling
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/climate-change-depleting-reservoirs-and-the-blindness-to-water-treatment-and-recycling-4135311.html
Water series 6 - Other articles in this series are listed below
Climate change & depleting reservoirs make water treatment and recycling more urgent
RN Bhaskar...
Charity, or Atma-nirbharta? Decide
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-focus-on-dignity-and-employment-not-distribution-of-doles
Wealth generation and dignity more important than distribution of doles
RN Bhaskar
The finance minister has been singing praises (https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/india-kept-extreme-poverty-at-bay-in-pandemic-years-imf-working-paper) for the Prime Minister’s Pradhan Mantri...
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When it comes to rooftop solar,Clouds of greed, mismanagement and theft...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-when-it-comes-to-solar-panels-clouds-of-greed-mismanagement-and-theft-block-the-sun
Rooftop solar: Clouds of greed, mismanagement and theft block the sun
RN Bhaskar
June 11, 2020
On paper, the situation looks wonderful. IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development...
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