http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/2230114/Free-Press-Mumbai-Edition/06-Jul-2019#page/10/2
More hype, less vision in Budget 2019
RN Bhaskar -- 6 July 2019
The budget 2019 papers have been tabled. And any person familiar with the heartbeat of the Indian economy knows that many of its prescriptions will just not work. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-has-a-better-version-of-panchayati-raj
Want a panchayati raj model? Look to China's social governance
RN Bhaskar -- 12 Dec 2019
China is about to launch a new national programme promoting social governance. On November 17, 2019, the People’s Government of Wuxing District, Houzhou, China, held...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/coronavirus-in-india-maharashtra-emerges-as-a-state-that-does-not-care-much-about-peoples-health
Coronavirus has taught Maharashtra that spending on health makes sense, and promoting slums doesn't
RN Bhaskar – 8 April 2020
As the coronavirus epidemic continues its rampage across India, it becomes clear that Maharashtra has been the worst affected.
But that should...
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/gujarat-elections-how-the-hindutva-beef-ban-may-have-actually-hurt-the-bjp-2463527.html
Beef ban and Gujarat elections results may have a connection
The Bharatiya Janata Party has won an underwhelming victory in Gujarat. And, ironically, one reason the result is a damp squib in this laboratory of Hindutva could be the measures...
http://www.firstpost.com/world/euthanasia-debate-right-to-die-aruna-shanbad-india-us-italy-2790572.html
How the world perceives euthanasia
When one battles death at the age of 70 or more, the cause is heroic. But public reaction is a bit restrained. Death is eventually triumphant. Sadly, an old person fighting death, does not look...
How UIDAI has made Aadhaar meaningless and exasperatingly senseless
The following is about an incident that was narrated to me by an exasperated parent. It is about the disdain and the thoughtless processes at Aadhaar.
First, there were (and continue...
https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/then-a-mundhra-now-a-mallya/299122
If you want to rob everyone, just start a bank
R.N.Bhaskar -
31 July 2017 Business Opinion
There is an old saying which puts it quite pithily: “If you have a gun, you may be able to rob a bank; but if...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/opinion-ayushman-bharat-is-a-great-concept-but-where-are-the-doctors-2851461.html
Ayushman Bharat overlooks the criticality of doctors
The government’s intentions deserve praise and support, but before announcing a health insurance, we need good doctors and infrastructure. The AB-NHPM places the cart before the horse.
RN Bhaskar -- Aug 16, 2018
On India’s...
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...
The Supreme Court ties itself up in knots over death with dignity
RN Bhaskar
“A calf, having been maimed, lay in agony in the ashram and despite all possible treatment and nursing, the surgeon declared the case to be past help...
