https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-ta-i-indias-textiles-and-apparels-are-rediscovering-their-mojo
T&A-I: India’s textiles and apparels are rediscovering their mojo
RN Bhaskar (The second part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/the-apparels-appaition/)
Some seventy years ago, if one had looked at India’s competitive strength, the highest marks would have gone to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tokenism-will-not-make-mumbai-smart-r-n-bhaskar/1296116
Smart cities – more tokenism, less integrity in Mumbai
RN Bhaskar -- | Jun 14, 2018
The full report can be downloaded from 2018-06_McKinsey_Smart Cities executive summary
McKinsey Global Institute has just come out with its paper on Smart Cities: Digital Solutions for...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/opinion-rural-markets-will-decide-indias-revival
Government policies have hurt India's rural economy
RN Bhaskar
Rural markets are in a froth. Another farm agitation appears to be brewing (https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/why-a-farmers-agitation-2-0-begins-to-roll-out-in-delhi-11097951.html). It could be messier than the first (https://asiaconverge.com/2020/12/farmer-agitations-fueled-by-corruption-politics-and-power/).
And the reasons are not hard to find. The gaps between...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-fire-next-time/1485655
Economic development could get derailed?
RN Bhaskar -- March 20, 2019
The title has been borrowed from a 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin. The book contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-demographics-and-weaponsising-unemployables
Policy watch
Short-tenure recruitment of unemployables in the army will weaponise them
RN Bhaskar
Last fortnight, the government let it be known it was contemplating introducing short term recruitment – of three year tenures – into the Indian army (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/armed-forces-may-soon-recruit-soldiers-on-short-term-contracts/articleshow/90671646.cms?from=mdr). According to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/694252
Pending cases - how the mafia gains legitimacy
There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all, both collect protection money, though the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/http://epaper.freepressjournal.in/625996/The-Free-Press-Journal-Mumbai-Edition/29-Oct-2015?show=touch#page/10/1
Pending cases and political criminality
— By R N Bhaskar | Oct 29, 2015 12:50 am
There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-fertilisers-the-industry-scenario-is-changing-rapidly/1136859
Fertilisers in India is witnessing a transformation
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 14, 2017 07:14 am
If there were any doubts about how the next elections will be won, the fertiliser industry provides some good pointers. Some of the policy decisions taken...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-clean-up-the-gold-trade-quickly-as-a-national-priority
Gold smuggling- II: Cleaning up the gold trade is a national priority
RN Bhaskar
(Part I of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-i-is-encouraged-by-flawed-government-policies/)
Why should gold be a national priority?
There are three reasons why gold assumes immense significance for the integrity...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/major-financial-turbulence-ahead-the-rupee-may-weaken-further
Crisis stations in India as the INR may weaken further
RN Bhaskar
Is India going down the rabbit h9le? The finance minister insists that India’s financial condition is not that bad. That India’s rupee has weakened less against the US dollar...
