31 August 2026
The govt’s one-eyed vision for agriculture
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Chatgpt
Last fortnight, I laid my hands on a Researchgate paper on the Size of Agricultural Economies by Mukul Asher (https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/size-of-the-agricultural-economies-and-global-importance-of-different-agricultural-commodities-an-overview). Two charts impressed me immensely,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/manufacturing-continues-to-disenchant/1114582
Manufacturing gets pushed aside in India
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 03, 2017 06:48 am
The government talks about strengthening the manufacturing backbone of India. Slogans of ‘Make in India’ continue to rent the air. Everyone talks about how this is to...
India’s poor record-keeping about deaths and ghost voters
RN Bhaskar
On May 22, 2023, there were news reports about the Home ministry planning to introduce a new Bill in the Parliament. The Bill would seek to link birth and death registers...
Megaphones extolling India’s economy are not in sync with ground realities
By RN Bhaskar
At one level, India’s economy appears to be in good health. That is, if one believes all the things that are being spouted by the government.
At another...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-maharashtra-haven-for-illegal-mining-political-funding/1058507
Maharashtra – illegal mining and political funding
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 27, 2017 09:22 am
The immediate provocation for this article was a recent discussion on illegal sand mining organized jointly by Moneylife and Awaaz Foundation last fortnight. At the discussion,...
https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-policy-watch-india-splurges-51-of-water-it-could-have-otherwise-saved-1995733
India splurges over half the water it gets
Monday, 16 June 2014 - 6:26am IST | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar
If the next wars would be fought for water, it is time to look at how countries manage their...
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...
Can India deal with China the way Vietnam has done?
By RN Bhaskar
India appears to be spooked by China. Its actions do not appear rational. To understand this, just look at what Vietnam has done. The world is waking up...
Nothing like the sun
India has finally begun to make its mark in solar energy (see chart).
Significantly, as was the case with Germany, solar power costs have been falling year on year. It is worth recalling that it was Germany(http://dnai.in/bj4W)...
20 July 2026
India has a mixed potential for data centres
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Copilot
Bloomberg recently had a very interesting newsletter on data centres. It put out a table which shows that India has fewer data centres...
