Sunday, January 18, 2026
R N Bhaskar 31 August 2015 India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy. Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year-on-year.  It is worth recalling that it was Germany which catalysed this...
R N Bhaskar 6 January 2014 The government of India likes to claim it is committed to uplifting its people. But, sadly, most numbers point towards a different direction. Consider the table alongside. Even a cursory glance will show you that the...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1906450/column-policy-watch-p-notes-the-big-money-laundering-machine P-notes: The big money laundering machine Monday, Oct 21, 2013, 9:54 IST | Agency: DNA On August 1, 2013, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) instructed foreign institutional investors (FIIs) which were seeking to hedge forex exposure relating to participatory notes...
Sep 24, 2015 12:19 am Maharashtra is easily the largest consumer of electricity in India. According to estimates posted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), it is expected to consume 149,773 million units (MU) during 2015-16, the next biggest...
Mumbai’s traffic police has huge gaps in its service delivery RN Bhaskar Mumbai has a glorious record of having an efficient police force.  But, over the years, the starch in the upright image of the force is getting crumpled.  Even past...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-pumps-nddb-and-the-birth-of-pm-kusum-2 Solar pumps and water mismanagement -- NDDB and KUSUM RN Bhaskar – 29 August, 2019 The introduction of solar pumps in the Indian market was thought to be the perfect solution for aiding farmers in arid regions with neither electricity nor...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-epayments-the-government-stumbles-again/1023892 Epayments - several things the RBI and the Cabinet Secretary overlooked — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 23, 2017 08:59 am Last week, the government came out with two announcements regarding epayments.  One was through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).  The...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-what-to-look-out-for-in-budget-202 Budget 2020 might be an eyeweash without these changes RN Bhaskar  --  30 January 2020 This article appears on these pages just a day before the budget.  It is too late to suggest what the government should do.  But it is...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/ailing-airlines-victim-of-the-governments-meddling-hand/1531739 Airlines become victims of the government’s meddling hand RN Bhaskar May 23, 2019 By now, almost every industry analyst has begun to write-off Jet Airways.  Jet had big dreams. It had benefitted from many favourable government policy decisions – right from...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-for-the-government-1-dont-meddle-with-the-dairy-sector Agenda for the government – #1. Dairy farming is the lifeblood of rural India RN Bhaskar (The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/) This article has two recommendations. The first is that the health minister needs to be replaced.  He promotes neither...