http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-a-petition-to-the-rbi-surging-bank-charges/1039464
Policywatch
Is the RBI indifferent to surging bank charges?
Rn bhaskar
Officials at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may be familiar with an image that is being WhatsApp-ed around lately. It says “If you have a gun, you can rob a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/setting-up-of-a-world-class-centre-of-excellence-in-maritime-and-ship-building/1190624
CEMS: Training people for the waters
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 21, 2017 07:50 am
An announcement made by India’s ministry of shipping (MoS), in the last week of November 2017, went almost unnoticed by most people in the media. The...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/more-homework-needed-for-industrialisation-r-n-bhaskar/893790
MIDC: How industry gets sabotaged, land-grab abetted, and extortion ignored
The Constitution of India has a very interesting section which most people are not very familiar with. It is Article 243 Q (c) which states that municipal corporations should be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/shrinking-modi-bjp-even-india
When Modi, the BJP and India begin shrinking
“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
— Lin Yutang
RB Bhaskar
Elections for five states are over -- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Kerala, Assam,...
Ideology crushes growth in Gujarat and Maharashtra - Observe Tamil Nadu instead
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: The Asiaconverge Team
India’s economic growth is being whittled down by an ideological absurdity. History has shown time and again that when...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/rn-bhaskar-are-farmers-in-the-country-really-earning-less/1093086
Loan writeoffs: Are farmers really earning less?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 29, 2017 07:22 am
The past few weeks have distressed economists and policymakers over the way farmer-loan writeoffs have spiraled out of control. Overnight, one of the platforms that made...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-futures-in-diamonds-is-sebi-promoting-a-scam/1054949
Diamond futures and SEBI's blind spot
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 20, 2017 09:34 am
On Tuesday, January 10, the Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) came out with a statement (www.icexindia.com/pdf/10012017_RE.pdf) informing people that it was planning to launch three futures contracts for...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/does-the-budget-not-care-for-human-capital/1453862
Interim Budget and its indifference to human capital
RN Bhaskar February 7, 2019
At a time when election fever is at its peak, it is not surprising to see the tide run out. That is when you embarrassingly discover who...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-for-the-government-1-dont-meddle-with-the-dairy-sector
Agenda for the government – #1. Dairy farming is the lifeblood of rural India
RN Bhaskar
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
This article has two recommendations.
The first is that the health minister needs to be replaced. He promotes neither...
Gautam Adani becomes more relevant for India than ever before
By RN Bhaskar
Historically, perceptions are often created by media and sometimes by design.
An interesting anecdote that media managers need to remember is one that I learnt from Ravi Boothalingam (https://asiaconverge.com/2021/12/india-china-the-long-view/)....
