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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/solar-power-shining-sun-fading-promises/1501865
Solar power: a story of missed opportunities
RN Bhaskar -- April 11, 2019
In February 2019, Bridge to India published its report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The country's total solar power generation capacity stood at 28.06 GW (see chart...
India and China warm up to each other. Russia could be the marriage-maker
RN Bhaskar
The last two months have been turbulent for India. In a way, this is a microcosm of what the world has witnessed during the past two...
Linking Aadhaar with Voter IDs without cleaning the bogus ones
RN Bhaskar
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On March 15, 2025, media headlines talked about the Election Commission planning to meet the law and home ministries to work out ways to link the...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-how-poor-are-india-s-slums-2065228
How poor are India’s slums?
R N Bhaskar | Updated: Mar 2, 2015, 05:00 AM IST, DNA
In order to understand what the numbers in the chart alongside signify, it is essential to first comprehend what the Census means...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-stop-illegal-mining-before-it-distorts-indian-economy-r-n-bhaskar/903219
Illegal mining: It thrived under the UPA; it continue to thrive even today. . .
When the present government came to power, one thought that illegal mining would get throttled. This was because, all along, the common perception was that...
The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-india-losing-despite-onward-march-of-renewables/1089333
The onward march of renewables. . .
. . . but India may lose a big opportunity
— By R N Bhaskar | Jun 22, 2017 07:15 am
The US has walked out of the Paris agreement for containing green house gas (GHG) emissions. ...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-folly-of-banning-futures-trading-in-commodities
A primer for policymakers on commodities trading
RN Bhaskar
The government never tires of telling people that it wants to empower farmers. It says it wants to empower commodities trading in futures, and commodity exchanges.
This was the claim made by earlier...
R N Bhaskar
27 July 2015
Cut through the hype that governments like to spin out. You then realise that India’s growth story is quite shaky. Its education related numbers (see chart) tell a very bleak story.
Of 100 students who went...
