https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-learn-a-lot-from-post-covid-19-spending-patterns-in-china
India must be forward looking, not defensive, as is evident frompost-Covid-19 spending-patterns
RN Bhaskar – 13 August, 2020
After a country has been hit by a pandemic, how should people spend money? Different cultures spend money differently. There are countries where...
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...
R N Bhaskar
6 January 2014
The government of India likes to claim it is committed to uplifting its people. But, sadly, most numbers point towards a different direction.
Consider the table alongside. Even a cursory glance will show you that the...
India -- frantic search for a suitor
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Sourced through CoPilot
India’s search for a partner has yielded no fruit. Nobody is willing to invest in this country – for a variety of reasons. India...
https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/india/priorities-for-the-govt-war-bihar-or-atma-nirbharta/915423be-fdae-459f-b88d-87399e5db574
Priorities for the govt: war, Bihar, or atma nirbharta?
RN Bhaskar -- July 9, 2020
Politics can be a great distorter of truths because it is often based on optics. And as Henri Bergson said about comedy, it is like froth. ...
Turkey has done things that India has not
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image source:Copilot
When India snapped ties with Turkey in May 2025, it took many observers by surprise. The justification given by the government of India was that...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1836935/report-policy-watch-mining-and-politics-go-hand-inhand
Illegal mining i8n India is huge
Illegal mining knows no colour; reported cases are just the tip of the iceberg.
On December 10, 2012, Dinsha Patel, minister for mines, prepared a statement in reply to an unstarred question placed before the...
R N Bhaskar
5 January 2015
Last week threw up mixed signals about the Indian economy. They gave economy-watchers some anxious moments, as they pored over the latest numbers churned out by the ministry of agriculture.
The figures indicate that normal area...
Oil to pressure remittances into India?
http://www.freepressjournal.in/oil-to-pressurise-remittances-into-india-r-n-bhaskar/767163
Jan 28, 2016 12:00 am
Oil slipped below the psychological barrier of $30 per barrel last week, sending out gasps of shock and amazement. Few had expected it to fall below the $40 level. ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-spectre-of-unemployment-2080974
Spectre of unemployment
Monday, 27 April 2015 - 8:22am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dn
R N Bhaskar
A time bomb is ticking away — over 300 million jobs needed within this decade
Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful...
