Desalination is a cover-up for inefficiency even corruption in India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Increasingly, India is pushing for more desalination projects. That is a mistake because a) India does not need desalination plants except for a very...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-5-nail-biting-moments-can-india-be-revived
Agenda V - India can be revived, but much needs to be done first
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
By RN Bhaskar
First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-farmers-need-msp-till-commodity-markets-mature-and-become-reliable
For desperate farmers, and broken commodity exchanges, MSP is the solution
RN Bhaskar
Ever since the government backtracked and repealed the three farm laws, there has been a concerted effort to show that the farmers were and remain misguided. That Minimum...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-should-not-be-trusted-with-banks/1198570
The government is responsible for bank NPAs
— By RN Bhaskar | Jan 04, 2018 08:34 am
A seminal document, that CARE Ratings brought out on December 27, 2017, showed how precariously perched India’s banks are.
In that list (see chart alongside) CARE Ratings...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-gold-mining-an-agenda-for-the-government
Gold mining IV
What the government should do?
RN Bhaskar
When it comes to gold, politicians, government officials, media and the general public can be quite misinformed to the point of hysteria.
Consider how – on 21 February 2020 -- an unsuspecting public...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-house-that-for-a-change-2070936
House that for a change?
This is a story meant for India’s policymakers.
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lessons-india-can-learn-from-thailand-r-n-bhaskar/1246406
Thailand pursues economic development aggressively
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 29, 2018 08:00 am
India began talking about Make in India since 2014. And it has been talking about India becoming the hub of innovation for several decades now.
But quietly, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-what-factors-helped-bangladesh-overtake-india-in-per-capita-income
Bangladesh could teach India a thing or two
RN Bhaskar
A few weeks ago, India observers were confronted with numbers that the Indian government had said, unofficially though, would never materialise. But Bangladesh was already nipping at India’s heels even in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/it-is-time-india-reshaped-its-exim-strategies/1491174
India's EXIM needs restructuring
RN Bhaskar March 28, 2019
Within the next few months, India’s policymakers will have to decide how to restructure India’s Exim policies. This will be necessitated by three factors.
First, the global economic slowdown is likely to...
