https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/two-measures-that-could-empower-marginal-farmers-land-lease-and-fpos
Land lease and FPOs could benefit marginal farmers
RN Bhaskar -- 15 October, 2020
Time and again, new numbers pop up, reconfirming an old truth – that India’s farmers are in distress. Especially small farmers. A set of figures that is...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/how-will-india-fund-its-solar-power-plans/840358
How will India fund its solar power plans?
Modi’s electoral survival will require more jobs to be created. Rooftop solar could offer a solution.
India faces a huge problem. It may not have the money or the ability to set...
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...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-india-hope-for-speedier-justice
Judiciary - Part IV: The curse of judicial delays
(All other articles in the Judiciary series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/03/the-judiciary-series/)
RN Bhaskar
India has a way with words to disguise its lack of intention. In its attempt to justify its judicial...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/misplaced-zeal-for-environment-and-water
Cities haven't yet learnt how to deal with water and the environment
RN Bhaskar – 18 July, 2019
Crisis, it is believed, brings out the best – or the worst – in people. So it was when Mumbai experienced its predictable...
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,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-wants-the-world-to-sit-up-and-listen-to-it
China prepares itself for the future
RN Bhaskar -- 21 November 2019
In some ways, China has suddenly woken up to the need to let the world know how big its plans really are. Hitherto it let is performance do the...
Policy watch
Is India losing money faster than inbound FDI?
RN Bhaskar
Politicians in India love hyping up this country’s investment story. That means excellent FDI (foreign direct investment) inflows. A good example is the way the Union commerce minister likes to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/increasing-interdependence-of-japan-and-india/
Increasing interdependence of Japan and India
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 16, 2015 12:00 am
Last week, Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, made his second trip to India during the Modi government’s tenure. On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked...










































