https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/niti-aayog-is-wrong-about-water-desalination
Niti Aayog is wrong to recommend water desalination
RN Bhaskar – August 8, 2019
Last fortnight, Niti Aayog, the national official think-tank, came up with a proposal that -- in order to address the country's water woes -- desalination plants should...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-regulators-3-corruption-is-often-on-account-of-regulatory-processes
Regulatory Games 3: Corruption and regulatory processes
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -- Saul Bellow
RN Bhaskar
In the first week of September, a news item in a leading...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/where-from-here-decoding-indias-path-r-n-bhaskar/872029
India's economic path: Quo vadis?
By any account, India appears to have done well. Unlike many advanced economies, which have registered a declining trend, India seems to be moving along an upward incline (see chart 1 alongside). India's economic path...
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/will-the-remittances-flow-revive/1400829
Can remittances surpass their 2014 levels?
RN Bhaskar November 22, 2018
Four years ago, when oil prices were slipping, there were worries that remittances from foreign workers into India would decline. The reduction in oil revenues had made many countries in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-did-rbi-and-the-government-allow-the-npa-loot/1273740
Essar, Videocon and other NPAs - did RBI and the government abet this?
RN Bhaskar | May 10, 2018
Bank NPAs are bleeding India. Yet, on 14 March 2018, the RBI governor, Urjit Patel bemoaned the fact that he had more power to...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_a-great-deal-of-gas-to-harness_1807789
A great deal of gas to harness
Wednesday, 6 March 2013 - 8:33am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna
R N Bhaskar
India has an unbelievable advantage in methane generation. Not just from bullshit, as this column explained last week, but...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-cow-jumps-over-the-moon-1810578
The cow jumps over the moon
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 - 10:25am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna
India enjoys a major advantage over other countries – it has the largest cattle population in the world. This was partly due...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/jatin-mehta-files-a-usd-5-billion-suit-against-de-beers-stanchart-and-kroll
Indian diamond industry in a tizzy -- Jatin Mehta files a $ 5 bn suit against De Beers, Stanchart and Kroll
RN Bhaskar
For most market watchers in India, Jatin Mehta is a renegade, an absconder from Indian law (https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/cbi-files-two-fresh-firs-against-absconding-diamantaire-jatin-mehta-207129-2019-06-11) ,...
R N Bhaskar
5 January 2015
Last week threw up mixed signals about the Indian economy. They gave economy-watchers some anxious moments, as they pored over the latest numbers churned out by the ministry of agriculture.
The figures indicate that normal area...
