The changing world order through trade blocs
By RN Bhaskar
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The SCO meeting has just concluded. It was wonderful to see Putin, Modi and Xi shake hands and exude warmth and bonhomie. They had reason to be happy,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-ukraine-war-will-bind-china-and-russia-more-tightly-to-india
Changing geopolitics bring Russia, India, China closer
RN Bhaskar
Geopolitics can be quite intriguing. It was in 2009 that this author predicted the need for the three countries – Russia, China and India – to work together (https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wDLWbd3OWUGppEzYYC0yYO/The-Capitalist--With-increasing-water-needs-will-China-deh.html). Demographics compelled this...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-markets-and-the-economy
Markets and the Indian economy
RN Bhaskar
One could call it bittersweet. There are plenty of reasons for feeling happy, even euphoric. By Friday last week, the stockmarkets had revived – after initially slumping. The BSE Sensex had crossed the 60,000...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tokenism-will-not-make-mumbai-smart-r-n-bhaskar/1296116
Smart cities – more tokenism, less integrity in Mumbai
RN Bhaskar -- | Jun 14, 2018
The full report can be downloaded from 2018-06_McKinsey_Smart Cities executive summary
McKinsey Global Institute has just come out with its paper on Smart Cities: Digital Solutions for...
Bogus Aadhaar cards imperil both Census and elections
RN Bhaskar
Shri EAS Sarma has responded to this article by writing to the Election Commission. You can find his letter at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/04/india-elections-under-threat/
To appreciate this article better, it is important to take a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-ta-i-indias-textiles-and-apparels-are-rediscovering-their-mojo
T&A-I: India’s textiles and apparels are rediscovering their mojo
RN Bhaskar (The second part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/the-apparels-appaition/)
Some seventy years ago, if one had looked at India’s competitive strength, the highest marks would have gone to...
R N Bhaskar
March 3, 2014
The Maharashtra government has just tabled a bill to change the cutoff date for recognising slums - from 1995 to 2000. This is against a Bombay High Court order, which was challenged by the state,...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-spectre-of-unemployment-2080974
Spectre of unemployment
Monday, 27 April 2015 - 8:22am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dn
R N Bhaskar
A time bomb is ticking away — over 300 million jobs needed within this decade
Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-wrong-diagnosis-and-refusal-to-accept-warning-signals-were-responsible-for-indias-slippage
India's economy - the clock is invariably slow
Ah! the clock is always slow.// It is later than you think
– Robert W Service
(https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46651/it-is-later-than-you-think)
RN Bhaskar
There was a time when most people had the confidence that the economy would be pulled...
The 'grade inflation' of our past, which has lead to 'massive unemployability' in the present, could lead to 'economic disaster' in the future, warns RN Bhaskar
There is nothing more tragic than watching a champion stumble—that is how most parents...
