A hollowed-out India needs an economic reboot
By RN Bhaskar
Hollowed-out is a phrase that refers to something being taken out, leaving the shell to be filled with anything or nothing. India is being hollowed out. Its ability to be entrepreneurial...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bribery-at-all-levels-in-its-five-shades-r-n-bhaskar/867684
Five shades of bribery
The Modi government prides itself on on trying to usher in corruption-free and bribery-free governance. Maybe someone should tell its legislators that the best way to clean up governance is by making bribe-giving legal.
This is what...
The Garuda and the Asiatic Lion are rapidly displacing the elephant
By R.N.Bhaskar
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There was a time when the elephant – India’s mascot for the world – had an impressive stature. It was present everywhere. It was a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/eco-surveys-flawed-approach-towards-energy/1126691
The flawed approach of the Economic Survey towards energy
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 24, 2017 07:29 am
The second volume of the Economic Survey, 2015-16 (http://indiabudget.nic.in/budget2016-2017/vol2_survey.asp) makes for very interesting reading. But its analysis of the energy sector is inadequate.
Take the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/government-paying-lip-service-to-solar-and-ev-players/1426663
Is the government serious about solar power and EVs?
RN Bhaskar December 27, 2018
Last week, possibly in order to soften the pain for an electorate in the months preceding general elections, the government (through its finance ministry) reduced GST on...
The government abets cybercrime
By RN Bhaskar
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On 30 June 2025, news headlines talked about how the digital-gold website of Aditya Birla Capital Digital (ABCD) had been hacked (https://www.livemint.com/news/digital-gold-hackers-struck-aditya-birla-capital-digital-weal-encyption-cyber-criminals-ey-india-data-privacy-11751192030975.html). The company said that it had...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-relevance-of-amul-in-indias-page-part-2/746598
Why Amul Matters – II
The government becomes its biggest threat. . . . .
On 14 May 2015, Jethabhai P Patel, chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) made some very important statements that should make India’s...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-power-govt-takes-bolder-steps-finally-r-n-bhaskar/876404
Solar Power: The government finally takes bolder steps
For perhaps the first time in decades, India could actually begin scripting a new business model for power generation. Kurien did this through milk. Piyush Goyal, Union minister for power, could do...
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Policy Watch
Germany hitches its wagon to the Chinese engine
RN Bhaskar
The attempts of the US and NATO to use President Zelensky of Ukraine to needle Russia may be backfiring, big time. The first retaliation came from Russia. The second could...
China's problems are becoming viral news. Is the situation that bad?
RN Bhaskar
The Western world and its allies are in a state of funk. They oscillate between aggression and fear – a kind of collective paranoia seldom seen before. They...
