https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-united-states-could-make-another-ukraine-out-of-taiwan
USA could make another Ukraine out of Taiwan
RN Bhaskar
The recent developments involving Taiwan – including the US and China – must be viewed against two backdrops. First, the blunders the US and NATO have committed in their approach towards...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-aspirations-become-achievements-r-n-bhaskar/1367956
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Celebrating wealth generators
RN Bhaskar
It is when news like the Barclays Hurun Rich List get splashed around in the media that one actually begins to appreciate how rapidly India has been changing. The sharp increase in the number of wealthy...
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/iip-confession-time-and-for-atonement/1526942
Sins of commission and omission find reflection in the latest IIP figures
RN Bhaskar – 16 May 2019
For months the government has stonewalled criticisms about job creation and economic growth. But now there is a grudging admission that economic growth...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-power-govt-takes-bolder-steps-finally-r-n-bhaskar/876404
Solar Power: The government finally takes bolder steps
For perhaps the first time in decades, India could actually begin scripting a new business model for power generation. Kurien did this through milk. Piyush Goyal, Union minister for power, could do...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lost-opportunities-of-the-textile-editorial-editors-pick-ananlysis-textile-industry-industry-era-r-n-bhaskarindustry/962757
India's textile industry: where does it go from here?
Rn bhaskar
The textile industry is the backbone of India’s foray into the industry era. It was this sector which actually defined India for a couple of centuries. And it still remains...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/rn-bhaskar-neem-project-the-next-big-agro-revolution/1097354
The ‘neem’ revolution has arrived
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 06, 2017 07:26 am
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi often talks of “Save Water; Save Energy; Save Fertiliser”. By May 2015, in order to prevent the diversion of fertilizers for non-farm...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gst-actually-promote-a-cashless-economy/1459489
GST can even encourage cash transactions
RN Bhaskar February 14, 2019
There’s a restaurant in Ballard Estate in Mumbai which is frequented by many upper middle-class customers. It is one of the few organised sector restaurants that refuses to accept payment...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/foreign-direct-investment-good-news-and-bad/1213111
Anxious times for India's FDI
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 01, 2018 07:43 am
On 22 January UNCTAD announced that global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) had fallen by 16% in 2017 to an estimated US$1.52 trillion, from a revised US$1.81...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-the-government-gets-richer-while-people-become-poorer/1004973
Demonetisation and the shrinking bank credit
The finance minister is exultant. He proudly points to the surge in tax collections. He then uses these numbers to deny that demonetisation has led to any serious slowdown in the Indian economy. His...
