Policy Watch

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)...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-is-this-all-that-a-double-engine-growth-can-achieve-in-uttar-pradesh Uttar Pradesh: A double engine policy means little if the tracks are poorly aligned RN Bhaskar The government is fond of talking about a double engine growth in Uttar Pradesh (UP).  In the recently tabled Union Budget, it talked about a...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/can-mumbai-manage-waste-the-swedish-way-r-n-bhaskar/800198 It can also be found at http://www.firstpost.com/india/the-deonar-fire-why-cant-mumbai-be-smarter-and-manage-its-waste-like-the-swedes-do-2689738.html Can Mumbai manage waste, the Swedish way? Mumbai’s municipal commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, is right. He does not want municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills in this city any more (http://www.freepressjournal.in/civic-chief-to-avoid-replay-of-deonar-fire/773118). He wants to introduce waste...

Can India deal with China the way Vietnam has done?  By RN Bhaskar India appears to be spooked by China.  Its actions do not appear rational. To understand this, just look at what Vietnam has done.  The world is waking up...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-signs-of-life-on-the-employment-front Signs of life on the employment front RN Bhaskar There are stirrings of life on the employment front.  That could explain why the government nis willing to now become more proactive in sharing information about employment trends.  After maintaining total silence...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/the-world-loves-gold-india-confused-amid-uncertain-economic-situation India is confused about dealing with gold RN Bhaskar  -- January 16, 2020 In the aftermath of the US armed forces assassinating General Soleimani of Iran, prices of gold spiked.  The more the world becomes an uncertain place, the more people...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-rules-are-for-others-not-for-politicians-or-elections Elections show contempt for pandemic rules RN Bhaskar -- 8 April 2021 On 30 March 2021, NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul had some profoundly serious words (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1708790) for his media audience: "We are facing an increasingly severe and intensive...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-us-dollar-weakens-gold-becomes-more-relevant/1517212 Will gold undermine the US dollar? RN Bhaskar  --  May 02, 2019 Gold is likely to become increasingly relevant in the coming years. Its days of being dismissed as a non-economic asset may be coming to a close.  Backing this view...

Oil is slippery, and Trump could get bogged down RN Bhaskar Image through CoPilot Trump has been in office for over ten days now. He has announced the largest number of executive orders on the very first day of Presidency than any...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/editors-picks/the-chimera-of-affordable-housing/1448875 Is the government serious about affordable housing? RN Bhaskar -- 31 January 2019 Time it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, a time of confidences Simon & Garfunkel, Broken ends Fifty years is almost a life-time...