http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/manufacturing-continues-to-disenchant/1114582
Manufacturing gets pushed aside in India
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 03, 2017 06:48 am
The government talks about strengthening the manufacturing backbone of India. Slogans of ‘Make in India’ continue to rent the air. Everyone talks about how this is to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-2-cezs-can-help-india-revive-from-its-continuous-decline
Policy watch
Agenda #2 – CEZs can bail India out of this economic crisis
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
RN Bhaskar
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings ...”
Richard...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/and-silently-flows-the-ganges/1265081
The Ganges remains polluted
RN Bhaskar | Apr 26, 2018 07:39 am
No other river in India evokes the faith, love and disgust that the Ganga is famous for. It is a river than breathes history. Its banks have hosted towns and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-urgent-need-to-tax-agricultural-income/1186437
Taxing agricultural income is sorely needed
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 14, 2017 07:15 am
In November 2017, the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry came out with a white paper on Taxation of Agriculture Income in India.
It makes a compelling...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-hydrogen-could-be-the-next-big-energy-source
Hydrogen could become the most attractive fuel worldwide
RN Bhaskar
On 3 February 2022, Japan’s energy agency NEDO, decided to hold a webinar on Hydrogen and the Fuel Cell perspective in Japan. It was one of the first attempts by any...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/verghese-kuriens-milk-model-curdled
How the government has curdled the Verghese Kurien’s milk model
RN Bhaskar -- 20 February, 2020
If you can read the tea leaves – you can predict that the government will decimate the Kurien model for milk production, nutrition and growth...
Oil to pressure remittances into India?
http://www.freepressjournal.in/oil-to-pressurise-remittances-into-india-r-n-bhaskar/767163
Jan 28, 2016 12:00 am
Oil slipped below the psychological barrier of $30 per barrel last week, sending out gasps of shock and amazement. Few had expected it to fall below the $40 level. ...
Can India grow to #3 in the world by 2028?
RN Bhaskar
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would become the third largest economy in the world by the end of his third term (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-modi-india-worlds-top-3-economies-third-term-8862006/). He said he...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/jatin-mehta-files-a-usd-5-billion-suit-against-de-beers-stanchart-and-kroll
Kroll's refusal to face facts
The Jatin Mehta submissions before the Surat court have squarely put the blame on Kroll, which it says acted in concert with De Beers and SCB. Also see report at https://asiaconverge.com/2022/07/jatin-mehta-sues-debeers-stanchart-kroll-for-5-bn/
From the court documents, it...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/harbingers-of-nuclear-war
Harbingers of nukes
RN Bhaskar
Last fortnight was full of incidents that appeared to portend war, with all its ferocity and consequences that only nuclear warfare could unleash.
Enemy action?
On 17 September, most people were surprised by a headline in the Financial...
