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Oil prices favour India, for now
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 15, 2017 07:15 am
The snapping of diplomatic ties with Qatar by many Arab countries underlines the precariousness of oil politics. Much of the Middle Eastern politics are on account of,...
Ideology crushes growth in Gujarat and Maharashtra - Observe Tamil Nadu instead
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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India’s economic growth is being whittled down by an ideological absurdity. History has shown time and again that when...
R N Bhaskar
March 3, 2014
The Maharashtra government has just tabled a bill to change the cutoff date for recognising slums - from 1995 to 2000. This is against a Bombay High Court order, which was challenged by the state,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/economic-policy-little-vision-less-consultation
Auto sector revival key to economic revival
RN Bhaskar – August 22, 2019
Budget reviews are normally written within a fortnight after the papers are tabled in Parliament. This belated review comes in the wake of sharply declining sales, slashing of...
The case of the missing ecommerce regulator
By R N Bhaskar
It was in 2010 that the concept of an ecommerce regulator was hinted at, which then became a clamour. The reasons were both logical and understandable. Ever since the announcement...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-demographics-and-weaponsising-unemployables
Policy watch
Short-tenure recruitment of unemployables in the army will weaponise them
RN Bhaskar
Last fortnight, the government let it be known it was contemplating introducing short term recruitment – of three year tenures – into the Indian army (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/armed-forces-may-soon-recruit-soldiers-on-short-term-contracts/articleshow/90671646.cms?from=mdr). According to...
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Only jobs and good education can end the desperate times for the poor in India
RN Bhaskar
Before we get to the article on desperate times, there are two items on the agenda.
First, Festive greetings. My greetings can be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/future-of-consumption-in-fast-growth-consumer-marktets
India's consumption markets are its most seductive feature
By RN Bhaskar -- October 2, 2019
In the epic titled Odysseus, Ulysses decides that he would love to listen to the music of the world-acclaimed sirens. But he wanted to ensure that...
Governance: hype, hope, and hell
RN Bhaskar
There is confusion that has gripped many Indians about the fate of the country’s polity and its future.
On the one hand there are eulogies about the enormous potential India holds out.
On the other are...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/railway-lessons-for-india-with-love-from-japan/
Railway lessons for India: With love, from Japan
— By R N Bhaskar | Nov 26, 2015 12:09 am
India once boasted of having one of the largest railway networks in the world – thanks to the British. But it slipped in...
