The dangers of pushing ideology
RN Bhaskar
Last week, at a Business Standard conference, RBI governor, Shaktikanta Das made some observations that caused many observers to roll back their eyes. The governor said that the Indian economy and the financial sector...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-biggest-laundromat-agriculture-r-n-bhaskar/884663
A 100 years' taxes can be found through India’s agriculture laundromat
Is is Rs.2,000 lakh crore or Rs.674 lakh crore, or Rs.199 lakh crore? Any which way you look at it, the figures are disturbingly high! But these are figures...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stressed-assets-sometimes-crooks-squeal-loudest-r-n-bhaskar/880378
Stressed assets: Scamsters try to squeal their way out
Over the last fortnight, most headlines talked about Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), deciding to go back to academics after his term with the RBI got over this...
India talks of growth, but it will continue shrinking unless . . .
By RN Bhaskar
It is when you look at the sustainability of economic growth that you realise that India could be shrinking.
Except for the super wealthy, the rest...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-methane-await-better-days-r-n-bhaskar/889111
Solar & methane: The best days are yet to come
June was a month which actually made many Indians realise the enormous opportunities that lie ahead. Even in these politically turbulent times, India has the potential to trounce disbelievers, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-budget-2022-is-high-on-big-plans-short-on-a-reality-check
Budget-22: Sightless and derelict
RN Bhaskar
Everybody was aware that the three critical problems confronting India are unemployment, health, and education. One expected Budget-22 to address them.
To some extent, the employment issue may have been addressed (not entirely though). But health...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-will-your-milk-be-delivered-home
Milk, subsidies, turbulence and coronavirus
RN Bhaskar – April 9, 2020
Last fortnight, milk was in the spotlight once again. And this time ostensibly because of the coronavirus lockdown.
Some milk producers began crying wolf. They said that milk supplies to Mumbai...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-how-to-plan-for-paid-parking-and-paid-hawking/1051060
A suggestion for solving Mumbai's problems of parking and hawking
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 09:40 am
There’s a great deal of heat and dust in Mumbai. And it is not only on account of the weather. One of the...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/rn-bhaskar-right-to-die-with-dignity-busting-myths/762536
Right to die with dignity: Busting myths
— By FPJ Bureau | Jan 21, 2016 12:21 am
Last week, the Supreme Court (SC) of India resurrected the debate on euthanasia. The topic had seared the conscience of the nation when, in March...
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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