Policy Watch

R N Bhaskar 30 March 2015 Affordable houses of 300 sq feet be provided at just Rs 3 lakh! Really? Is it possible? What about both the availability and cost of land? The sad truth is that land was never the problem....

11 May 2026 Trump is befuddled and lost By RN Bhaskar  Image sourced from https://www.craiyon.com/en Last week the world heard three narratives – both were economical with the truth. Both centred around Donald Trump, president, USA. One year spun out was by Peter (Pete)...

The brittleness of impatience crackles. There is the familiar irritable fretfulness of politicians and industry captains as they chafe against the RBI’s reluctance to ease interest rates a bit more.  Unspoken, yet unmistakably implied, is the accusation that the...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-gordion-knot-where-will-jobs-come-from-r-n-bhaskar/965953 The Gordian Knot: Where will jobs come from? — By R N Bhaskar | Nov 03, 2016 08:07 am The central government is believed to be getting the jitters. Unemployment rates have soared.  New jobs that were promised have not materialised. And...

R N Bhaskar 19 January 2015 Any way you look at it, the horticulture sector is a miracle which Indians seldom think about. Take production figures first.  In tonnage terms, horticulture has already surpassed cereal production.  And do bear in mind, that...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/two-measures-that-could-empower-marginal-farmers-land-lease-and-fpos Land lease and FPOs could benefit marginal farmers RN Bhaskar -- 15 October, 2020 Time and again, new numbers pop up, reconfirming an old truth – that India’s farmers are in distress.  Especially small farmers.  A set of figures that is...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-curse-of-being-an-abandoned-child-in-india India's callous and brutal approach towards the abandoned girl child RN Bhaskar In March 2021, India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) took possession of a Rs 1.45 crore worth Delhi-based property belonging to Asha, wife of Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in Muzaffarpur...

Smart cities and affordable housing http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-planning-for-smart-cities-2039898 Bayer India inaugurated – in January 2011 -- its first 930 cubic metre emissions-neutral office building in Asia as part of its group-wide sustainability programme. Located in Greater Noida, near New Delhi, it draws 100%...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/arvind-kejriwal-health-services-fight-against-corona Kejriwal, health services, and India’s fight against the virus RN Bhaskar -- 12 March 2020 India is excellent at cancelling visas, banning visitors suspected of coronavirus. It may be capable of hospitalizing some people who test positive for the current virus...

16 Feb 2026 India faces an exodus of money, people, and values By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: Gemini Even as Piyush Goyal, Union minister for commerce,  continues to be exultant about his New Zealand and EU FTAs and his trade...