Saturday, March 28, 2026
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/banker-scamster-and-hidden-hand-make-merry-r-n-bhaskar/1345574 Protecting the banker -- and the invisible hand — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 30, 2018 There is a sense of disquiet among India’s policy-watchers.  Such anxieties were confirmed when they saw the data presented before the Lok Sabha on 3 August 2018...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-banking-sector-should-be-flashing-red-ditto-for-economy The finance minister's directions could hurt the banking sector grievously. RN Bhaskar -- 19 November 2020 On November 10, 2020, the finance minister announced three decisions (https://wap.business-standard.com/article/finance/issue-only-rupay-cards-seed-all-accounts-with-aadhar-by-dec-fm-to-banks-120111001413_1.html) that should have made bankers and economy-watchers squirm.  That they did not could have...
How North India suddenly became richer, and paid more taxes despite profligacy By RN Bhaskar Image generated by http://deepai.org/ Go through the budget papers and you discover some strange numbers.  North India has become the largest taxpayer.  Hitherto, it was south and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/indian-shipping-grows-but-overseas-not-in-india-rn-bhaskar/1382701 Indian shipping faces disadvantages in India, but not overseas RN Bhaskar October 25, 2018 Indian shipping is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it would like to be part of the government vision of Make-In-India. On the other hand, the...
R N Bhaskar 23 March 2015 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 Indian must enjoy, in affordable housing, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-slums-i-there-is-big-danger-ahead-pandemic-and-the-possibility-of-mass-extermination Slums-1 Pandemics and mass extermination are dangers for India This article is the first of a three-part series on slums, cities, and economic growth. RN Bhaskar The clock’s ticking has become more ominous than ever before.  The silent cries of the dying,...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1836935/report-policy-watch-mining-and-politics-go-hand-inhand Illegal mining i8n India is huge Illegal mining knows no colour; reported cases are just the tip of the iceberg. On December 10, 2012, Dinsha Patel, minister for mines, prepared a statement in reply to an unstarred question placed before the...
Cough syrup deaths: Why is India FDA protecting promoters and not common human lives? By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image sourced using Perplexity.ai   Had it happened in any developed country, chargesheets would have been filed against India’s drug authorities. Key...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/five-thriving-myths-about-waste-management Five things about waste management that we are mistaken about RN Bhaskar  --  September 19, 2019 The last few months, politicians of all colours have begun making all kind of pronouncements about waste management. It is therefore time that someone pointed...