https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-policy-watch-should-individuals-groups-or-cos-charged-for-water-consumption-1994088
People must pay for the water they use
RN Bhaskar -- 8 June 2014
This is an issue that has no clear answer. There are lobbies that continue to demand that water be provided free to farmers. Then there are those...
Turkey has done things that India has not
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image source:Copilot
When India snapped ties with Turkey in May 2025, it took many observers by surprise. The justification given by the government of India was that...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-uday-and-the-politics-of-appeasement-and-largesse/1047188
UDAY is doomed to fail, unless subsidies can first be controlled
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 06, 2017 09:11 am
In November 2015, the Union government launched the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). It was a program aimed at financial turnaround and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lessons-india-can-learn-from-thailand-r-n-bhaskar/1246406
Thailand pursues economic development aggressively
— By RN Bhaskar | Mar 29, 2018 08:00 am
India began talking about Make in India since 2014. And it has been talking about India becoming the hub of innovation for several decades now.
But quietly, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/when-the-inr-falls-it-is-easy-to-blame-gold-writes-rn-bhaskar
A weak INR and growing CAD are a result of poor gold policies
By RN Bhaskar
The RBI in its recent report (https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx?Id=21137#FN14) states “Gold imports at US$ 2.6 billion in June 2022 were almost half the level of US$ 6.0...
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...
09 February 2026
US trade deal -- a sellout?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Bloomberg
A month ago, before the US trade deal with India -- we actually believed that India had rediscovered its spine. This was because
India had...
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://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bad-loans-advantage-nbfcs-private-banks-r-n-bhaskar/1300805
Growth times for NBFCs and private banks
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 21, 2018
Last week, in his annual letter to shareholders of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak, managing director, stated that private sector banks could increase their market share to as...
A water policy is crucial for India’s survival
RN Bhaskar
The Bing generated image above could be prophetic. India – and the world – could soon be in desperate search of water. India will feel the pain much more than the...
