Policy Watch

India’s numbers only tell a fragmented story RN Bhaskar In January 2024. Fitch affirmed a BBB- rating for India (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/fitch-maintains-bbb-sovereign-rating-for-india-with-a-stable-outlook-amid-strong-growth/articleshow/106904607.cms?from=mdr).  So did almost every other major ratings agency in the world. Many in the government, and a few outside it as...

R N Bhaskar  15 June 2015 When Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Railways made his railway budget presentation earlier this year, he spoke of the challenges that lie ahead. He talked about how the railways are expected to earn like a commercial...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/are-the-pm-modis-key-schemes-being-sabotaged Ignoring waste management could cripple three key schemes of PM Modi RN Bhaskar -- August 1, 2019 Three schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are truly pathbreaking – at least where India is concerned.  One is Swachh Bharat, The other is...

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-a-recipe-for-decongesting-mumbai-and-delhi-2041737 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-a-recipe-for-decongesting-mumbai-and-delhi-2041737 A simple way to solve illegal parking and hawking and also de-congest India's cities R N Bhaskar | Mon, 8 Dec 2014-08:56am , Mumbai , DNA   Multi-storey parking lots can address the needs of investors, municipal and private vehicles,...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/how-will-india-fund-its-solar-power-plans/840358 How will India fund its solar power plans? Modi’s electoral survival will require more jobs to be created.  Rooftop solar could offer a solution. India faces a huge problem.  It may not have the money or the ability to set...

Russia becomes the top dog in Europe, and #4 in the world By RN Bhaskar Last month the world bank finally conceded that Russia had overtaken Japan and had become the fourth largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing...

Government favours importers of pulses not Indian farmers By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image generated through CoPilot Last week farmers decided to approach the Supreme Court of India to seek redressal of the government’s pulses policy. Normally, the government takes...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gst-government-corruption-two-ticking-time-bombs-rn-bhaskar/987468 Two ticking time bombs: government corruption and GST There’s a story about a man who decided to buy some furniture in the week following the announcement of demonetisation. He went to the local shop. He identified what he wanted, and...

R N Bhaskar 26 January 2015 Turkey is the fourth-largest consumer of gold (dwarfed only by India, China and the US). But it is the one country most gold players have been watching for the past few years. India should be...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-tales-of-equity-and-debt-in-india-since-2014/1031646 Equity markets soar; but banks languish for the want of customers who want debt — By RN Bhaskar | Mar 09, 2017 09:42 am India perplexes.  That’s an adage that many have grown to live with.  And nothing confirms this perplexing picture...