http://www.freepressjournal.in/income-inequality-taxes-and-the-indian-state-rn-bhaskar/845855
Income tax and the Indian state
The government of India finally woke up to the scathing criticism levelled against it by none other than Thomas Piketty in February this year. Piketty talked about how there was tremendous income inequality in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-fertilisers-the-industry-scenario-is-changing-rapidly/1136859
Fertilisers in India is witnessing a transformation
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 14, 2017 07:14 am
If there were any doubts about how the next elections will be won, the fertiliser industry provides some good pointers. Some of the policy decisions taken...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/verghese-kuriens-milk-model-curdled
How the government has curdled the Verghese Kurien’s milk model
RN Bhaskar -- 20 February, 2020
If you can read the tea leaves – you can predict that the government will decimate the Kurien model for milk production, nutrition and growth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-smuggling-turn-the-spotlight-from-kerala-to-govt-policies
Gold smuggling - I
Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/)
A beneficiary of flawed government policies.
RN Bhaskar
There’s an apocryphal story about a man blinded because he stole the gold that he saw lying unattended on the table in his master’s...
New trade blocs form, India remains on the fringes
RN Bhaskar
Suddenly, gold has become important. It always does, when there is economic uncertainty, and high inflation. While it is early days to talk about inflation, everyone knows how uncertain the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-how-aadhaarpan-could-threaten-banking-and-financial-integrity
Article 139AA has created a big money laundering machine in India
RN Bhaskar
On 27 October 2020, there was a Twitter chat— “Curious case of PAN-Aadhaar linkage” -- that was organised by the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly (EPW). It raised...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/comment_strategic-advantage-verghese-kurien-style_1801912
Strategic advantage, Verghese Kurien style
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 - 8:00am IST Updated: Thursday, 9 May 2013 - 4:39pm IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna
R N Bhaskar
India can well become a milk supplier to the world, provided policymakers here...
Can India grow to #3 in the world by 2028?
RN Bhaskar
Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would become the third largest economy in the world by the end of his third term (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-modi-india-worlds-top-3-economies-third-term-8862006/). He said he...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-house-that-for-a-change-2070936
House that for a change?
This is a story meant for India’s policymakers.
Like most stories, it has a moral too. It is particularly relevant for all those who believe in “Make in India”, in the basic minimum dignity that any...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/adanis-largest-solar-power-project-in-tn-is-good-but-rooftop-solar-is-the-way-ahead-3017408.html
Adani's TN solar project: Great achievement; but rooftop0 so9lar's better
RN Bhaskar Sep 23, 2016 15:59 IST
On Wednesday, 21 September, 2016, the Adani group launched the largest single location solar power project in the world. The group which...
