https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-when-it-comes-to-solar-panels-clouds-of-greed-mismanagement-and-theft-block-the-sun
Rooftop solar: Clouds of greed, mismanagement and theft block the sun
RN Bhaskar
June 11, 2020
On paper, the situation looks wonderful. IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency) has plans to lend around $1.3 billion (Rs.100 billion) to the solar and wind...
India’s numbers only tell a fragmented story
RN Bhaskar
In January 2024. Fitch affirmed a BBB- rating for India (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/fitch-maintains-bbb-sovereign-rating-for-india-with-a-stable-outlook-amid-strong-growth/articleshow/106904607.cms?from=mdr). So did almost every other major ratings agency in the world. Many in the government, and a few outside it as...
Development is what all BRICS members should be focussing on
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Ask any economist, and you will be told that to grow meaningfully, countries need to focus on three areas. For economic...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/is-india-emerging-as-aircraft-repair-hub-r-n-bhaskar/1255629
Will the govt allow India's AIESL to emerge as Asia's aircraft repair hub?
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 12, 2018
Last month, the government announced that it had appointed the consultancy firm EY as the transaction advisor for Air India’s strategic sale...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-will-not-understand-governance-till-uttar-pradesh-is-tamed
India's cross will be the badlands of Uttar Pradesh
RN Bhaskar
“Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them , , ,
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty”
Excerpted from Pity the Nation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article137279578.html)
Uttar...
R N Bhaskar
February 10, 2014
The government's advertisements talk of Bharat Nirman. But numbers tell a different tale.
It was evident by 2010 itself that India would have to brace itself for a slowdown of mammoth proportions.
Workforce numbers in both organised...
In the Bing generated image above, the onlooker observes how pygmies try to weigh down a larger and more powerful person. That can be a terrible tragedy when the big and powerful are sought to be pulled down by...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/ukraine-the-war-that-usa-wants
The Ukraine war may revive the Pearl Harbour bombing of 1941
RN Bhaskar
The war will end. The leaders will shake hands.
The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son. The girl will wait for her beloved husband. And those...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-the-abject-state-of-medicare-in-india/1008722
India's Medicate -- terrible state; forgotten objectives
How does medicare fare in India? The blunt answer is that nobody really knows. There is very little data available. Or at least, if the data is available with the government, little goes...
The world order changes swiftly; the West has become less relevant
RN Bhaskar
Last month had three momentous developments. First was the BRICS meet in Kazan, Russia (free subscription -- https://bhaskarr.substack.com/p/brics-gold-and-gdp)..
Irrelevant West; relevant BRICS
Today BRICS is an intergovernmental organization. It comprises...
