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.firstpost.com/business/splurging-money-on-mega-welfare-schemes-sans-planning-not-wise-govt-should-find-a-way-to-make-them-productive-6154241.html
From splurge to dirge – this this the future for India?
RN Bhaskar -- Feb 26, 2019
In the few months leading to the general elections, the government has launched least two ‘largest-in-the-world’ schemes. One is the Ayushman Bharat scheme. The...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-asset-ownership-tells-tales-of-unconcern
India explained through asset ownership
RN Bhaskar
It is when you look at data on asset ownership that you see layers of myths being peeled away. Slogans fall by the wayside. Pompous talk about a self-reliant India gets deflated. And people...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/argentinas-g20-sherpa-pedro-villagra-delgado-womens-empowerment-needed-for-care-system-to-scale-up/1242940
Argentina’s G20 Sherpa, Pedro Villagra Delgado: Agriculture is an important issue
— By Pankaj Joshi and R N Bhaskar | Mar 23, 2018
The G20 group of nations, currently presided over by Argentina, has been among the opinion leaders in global matters....
https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/business/atma-nirbhar-doesnt-it-mean-self-sufficiency-and-promoting-honest-ways-of-doing-business/12637a11-2dd0-4d3e-b2f2-a0d8f46de60b
Atma Nirbhar for MSMEs -- mixed messaging, little audit, and an encouragement to default on loans
RN Bhaskar -- 16 May 2020
A few days ago, Prime Minister Modi outlined details of a Rs.20 lakh package his government had outlined for...
A modified version of this article appeared at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/zhili-has-become-the-childrens-garment-centre-of-the-world-4700261.html
Zhili has become the children’s garment centre of the world
RN Bhaskar 00 4 December 2019
Today, Zhili town is he largest centre in China for making children’s garments. The town and its...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/water-conservation-what-can-india-learn-from-israels-expertise-4411021.html
Uri Schor talks about water management in Israel
As Israel had little water, it had to remind its people that water was a miracle.
R.N.Bhaskar – September 7, 2019
Lately, water has begun to obsess India. However, the sense of urgency has...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-mood-is-upbeat-with-swedish-companies-in-india
Interview: Anna Lekvall
A flourishing relationship between Sweden and India
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- January 31, 2020
Like her predecessors, Anna Lekvall, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, plans to continue focussing on business, looking at India-Sweden ties. She...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/nalco-bullish-about-its-prospects-despite-trump-import-tariffs-2589233.html
Nalco and aluminium - high conductivity
Nalco’s customers are of the opinion that the tariffs have been aimed at China and Russia more than at any other country. India was possibly part of collateral damage, they feel.
RN Bhaskar - Jun...
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...
