Friday, April 10, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/at-75-india-is-still-confused India is 75, but what is it celebrating? By RN Bhaskar India has turned 75.  Eulogies are being sung. A campaign to have the country’s tricolour flag flying atop every house is underway.  There is no shortage of sloganeering. Obviously, when state...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/nbfcs-will-grow-by-15-percent-next-year-ys-chakravarti-md-ceo-shriram-city-union-finance NBFCs will continue to grow -- YS Chakravarti Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 26, 2021 NBFCs have seen the industry go through a turmoil during the past few years and right now it is the COVID-19 impact. But these...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/indias-expensive-solar-power-birth-pangs/ Oct 01, 2015 12:19 am Amidst all the euphoria about India’s tremendous progress in incremental solar power addition, there is a sudden realisation that all is not picture perfect. Not yet. The most painful part is the cost at which...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/budget-2022-despite-govt-assurances-farmers-feel-betrayed Budget-22: Has agriculture become irrelevant for India? RN Bhaskar As expected, Budget-22 had a lot to talk about farming.  But they all amounted to little.  Farmers are bitter about the provisions, or the lack of them. The finance minister made the following...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/between-smiles-and-sorrows-world-bank-forecasts-india-gdp-rise-but-raises-unemployment-concerns-2558785.html World Bank's fears and expectations about India The report says that “40 emerging market and developing economies are projected to grow more slowly in per capita terms than advanced economies, failing to narrow income gaps vis-à-vis the group of more...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/water-usage-lessons-india-should-learn-from-china-4026441.html Water Series 2: Lessons to learn from China on water management (Other articles in this series are given below) RN Bhaskar -- May 27, 2019 The origins of this article lie in what this author wrote in the first quarter of 2009...
https://www.firstpost.com/business/maharashtra-milk-crisis-farmers-need-to-get-a-fair-price-but-subsidy-is-not-the-solution-4775471.html Is the milk in Maharashtra curdling? RN Bhaskar Jul 19, 2018 Mahararashtra’s milk producers (actually supposed to be farmers who own cattle to produce milk) are on the warpath.  They are being led by Raju Shetti, member of Parliament, and founder...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bmc-should-learn-about-waste-management-from-ntpc-4380831.html NTPC is doing things for waste management, which MCGM should have done RN Bhaskar – 28 August, 2019 Earlier this month, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM, also known as BMC or Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) received only one bidder for...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/garware-technical-fibres-could-transform-agriculture-and-fisheries-in-india-3028621.html Garware Technical Fibres transforms India's agriculture and fisheries In some coastal areas, GTF has designed nets that actually allow the waves to bring in water and sand, but prevent the waters from carrying back the sand. RN Bhaskar - Oct 10,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/5-reasons-that-leave-many-unenthused-about-the-atma-nirbhar-schemes Atma Nirbhar was a dampener -- five reasons to explain why RN Bhaskar – 21 May 2020 The Greeks once described man as the only living creature who can stand upright, lift his face to the stars and laugh.  Jackals laugh...