Ideology crushes growth in Gujarat and Maharashtra - Observe Tamil Nadu instead
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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India’s economic growth is being whittled down by an ideological absurdity. History has shown time and again that when...
The government is keen on strengthening Aadhaar. That will allow it to effectively implement its Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme across the country.
But there is a gaping hole in the entire process. India has been counting only its living....
India is being colonial when it comes to ignoring Asia
RN Bhaskar
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In early 2025, something happened which startled China. It woke up Asia, and then the world.
An ancient tomb was found hidden behind the country's...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-msp-bihar-maize-and-elections
Were MSP rules relaxed to aid vote capture in the forthcoming Bihar elections?
RN Bhaskar
The three bills (now Acts) related to agriculture continue to raise a lot of dust. This column dealt with the bills last week. Yes, they are...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coronavirus-rules-are-for-others-not-for-politicians-or-elections
Elections show contempt for pandemic rules
RN Bhaskar -- 8 April 2021
On 30 March 2021, NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul had some profoundly serious words (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1708790) for his media audience: "We are facing an increasingly severe and intensive...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-uday-and-the-politics-of-appeasement-and-largesse/1047188
UDAY is doomed to fail, unless subsidies can first be controlled
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 06, 2017 09:11 am
In November 2015, the Union government launched the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). It was a program aimed at financial turnaround and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/what-about-the-battery-charging-policy-2
Has the government forgotten about battery swapping?
RN Bhaskar – September 12, 2019
When the government announced its plans to usher in electric vehicles (EVs), it was jumping the gun. It should have worked on a battery policy first. Why?
The following...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/fpj-edit-gloom-worries-economy-watchers
Signs of gloom worry economy watchers in India
RN Bhaskar – 28 November 2019
The government refuses to admit this. But all the reports compiled by experts appear to suggest that the economic gloom could get darker in the coming months. ...
R N Bhaskar
23 March 2015
Like most stories, it has a moral too. It is particularly relevant for all those who believe in “Make in India”, in the basic minimum dignity that any Indian must enjoy, in affordable housing, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-how-aadhaarpan-could-threaten-banking-and-financial-integrity
Article 139AA has created a big money laundering machine in India
RN Bhaskar
On 27 October 2020, there was a Twitter chat— “Curious case of PAN-Aadhaar linkage” -- that was organised by the prestigious Economic and Political Weekly (EPW). It raised...
