Wednesday, July 9, 2025
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-loses-focus-on-human-capital Human capital is what India ignores to its peril RN Bhaskar Quite often, it is what the government does not want to talk about that defines a nation than what the government trumpets. This is true about the Pegasus affair.  About...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-regulators-3-corruption-is-often-on-account-of-regulatory-processes Regulatory Games 3: Corruption and regulatory processes A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -- Saul Bellow RN Bhaskar In the first week of September, a news item in a leading...
Sugarcane will drive Maharashtra to the ground RN Bhaskar This article is the second part of a two part analysis of Maharashtra and Sugarcane.  The first part can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/03/poor-land-management-has-caused-many-farmers-to-commit-suicide/ If there is one crop where Maharashtra has done...
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.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-the-key-to-turkey-s-success-2055430 The key to Turkey’s success Monday, 26 January 2015 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna R N Bhaskar The country has cleaned up and revitalised its gold trade. Can India follow suit? Turkey is the fourth-largest consumer of gold...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/economic-growth-continues-to-falter/1202361 Economic growth sputters. . . — By RN Bhaskar | Jan 11, 2018 07:30 am So it is finally official.  For the second year in a row, India’s GVA (Gross Value Added) growth has slowed down.  It went up during 2015-16. It appeared...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/telecom-market-rigging-despite-auctions-r-n-bhaskar/928112 Telecom: Ways for the government to rig it despite auctions Within a couple of months, the government will embark on its largest spectrum auction. It will be auctioning 2,345 MHz of spectrum, the largest ever spectrum auction in the history...
eepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-are-indian-psbs-headed-for-a-further-downgrade Surging GNPAs are symptoms of a deeper malaise  in governance By RN Bhaskar The cabinet reshuffle is over.  At the end it looked like another tamasha. A colossal waste of time, just when all energies were required to bring India back...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/looking-an-auto-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-rn-bhaskar/820291 Looking an auto gift-horse in the mouth? — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 07, 2016 12:37 am In January this year, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) made an interesting proposal to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The proposal...