https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-good-the-bad-and-the-positively-ugly-of-the-new-education-policy
National Education Policy: What about the teachers and the vision?
RN Bhaskar -- 20 August, 2020 (This article appeared in two parts in the print ediiton -- on 20 and 27 August)
Just glance through the main recommendations of the last...
The dangers of the Finance Commission becoming weak
By RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image shows a supplicant picking up crumbs before a wealthy man who keeps much of the moolah for himself. But, in the background, there are bandits who...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-us-dollar-weakens-gold-becomes-more-relevant/1517212
Will gold undermine the US dollar?
RN Bhaskar -- May 02, 2019
Gold is likely to become increasingly relevant in the coming years. Its days of being dismissed as a non-economic asset may be coming to a close. Backing this view...
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation. This spells trouble for all of us, even if we are largely law-abiding, they...
R N Bhaskar
February 24, 2014
India's policymakers love to talk about 'national interest'. They talk of it when they do not want to part with information. They say that it would jeopardise 'national interest'. They love to curb individual freedoms,...
http://m.firstpost.com/business/adanis-largest-solar-power-project-in-tn-is-good-but-rooftop-solar-is-the-way-ahead-3017408.html
Adani's TN solar project: Great achievement; but rooftop0 so9lar's better
RN Bhaskar Sep 23, 2016 15:59 IST
On Wednesday, 21 September, 2016, the Adani group launched the largest single location solar power project in the world. The group which...
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/the-recession-will-hurt-us-all
Can India buck the recession?
RN Bhaskar
Notwithstanding the pitfalls of forecasting anything these days, my cracked and worn crystal ball sees a global recession occurring in the next year…. Collectively, Europe, the US, and China make up about half of...
India’s slip is showing- underperformance is the culprit
RN Bhaskar
India has been witness to a lot of bluster and chest-thumping. But recent numbers have begun to highlight the country’s underperformance. One of the first signs is the slowing of exports...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-budget-2021-is-a-mixed-bag-with-too-many-causes-for-alarm
Budget 2021 is not really about Atma Nirbhar Bharat
RN Bhaskar -- 05 February 2021
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All the Budget 2021 articles can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/02/budget-2021-series/
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First, there are some very good things about the budget. Note, all the figures discussed here have...
