https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/investments-land-is-the-smallest-part-of-the-problem
Investments: The government dangles the promise of land for global investors; but they want more important issues settled first
RN Bhaskar -- 5 May 2020
The government appears to be in a rush to present a friendly face to foreign investors...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-learn-a-lot-from-post-covid-19-spending-patterns-in-china
India must be forward looking, not defensive, as is evident frompost-Covid-19 spending-patterns
RN Bhaskar – 13 August, 2020
After a country has been hit by a pandemic, how should people spend money? Different cultures spend money differently. There are countries where...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-pre-budget-blues-going-beyond-the-numbers
Pre-budget blues – fund allocations don't mean anything till basics are put in place
RN Bhaskar
This column will appear just a little time before budget announcements are actually made. And the purpose of writing this column is not to talk...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/indias-poor-spending-on-higher-education-is-making-other-countries-rich-5284501.html/amp
The other two parts of this series can be found at :
Education #! and Education #3
Education #2: Enriching other nations, while pauperising India
RN Bhaskar -- May 19, 2020
Some would say that India’s policymakers harbour a death-wish. They often introduce...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-india-china-will-learn-to-do-more-business-together-1834838
The year 2004 was a watershed. That was when the OECD Development Centre brought out Prof Angus Madison’s path-breaking study on The World Economy: Historical Statistics. One of the key charts from his book is reproduced below (Prof Maddison...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/chinas-consul-general-in-mumbai-calls-for-closer-sino-indian-ties-ahead-of-countrys-73rd-national-day
China's Consul-General in Mumbai calls for closer Sino-Indian ties, ahead of country's 73rd National Day
China’s National Day is celebrated over a one-week period, beginning from October 1 and running until October 7
FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Monday, September 26, 2022, 03:58...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/chinas-white-paper-on-the-us-tariff-spat
China-US spat threatens global trade
RN Bhaskar – June 6, 2019
In 2017, China trounced Canada to become the second largest trading partner with the US. US-China trade accounted for 635 billion against $582 billion for US-Canada trade.
But then Donald Trump...
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/business/indo-china-expert-explains-why-bilateral-trade-rises-despite-border-issues
Indo-China expert explains why bilateral trade rises despite border issues
The trade between the two countries continued to boom despite border tensions following the military standoff in eastern Ladakh in May 2020.
FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Monday, March 13, 2023, 10:07 PM...
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...
