Budget 2023 looks great, but has little for agriculture which accounts for half of India’s jobs
RN Bhaskar
The claims are tantalizing. The budget proposals look wonderful. But much of the expectation of growth in the economy will eventually depend on...
India must find new ways to cope with global fragmentation
RN Bhaskar
There is global fragmentation all around. And India has already begun reconsidering many of the policies it had introduced and was quite smug about. Two developments of last week...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-fire-next-time/1485655
Economic development could get derailed?
RN Bhaskar -- March 20, 2019
The title has been borrowed from a 1963 non-fiction book by James Baldwin. The book contains two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-maharashtra-wants-to-raise-money-through-an-unequal-na-tax-even-while-waiving-other-taxes
Maharashtra's new, unfair and controversial, real estate tax laws
RN Bhaskar
In December 2021, the government of Maharashtra began sending non-agricultural tax (NA Tax) demand notices to residents in some parts of Mumbai. This was based on legislations that the state...
India’s slip is showing- underperformance is the culprit
RN Bhaskar
India has been witness to a lot of bluster and chest-thumping. But recent numbers have begun to highlight the country’s underperformance. One of the first signs is the slowing of exports...
Sept 14, 2026
Water mismanagement may cause the desertification of India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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Politicians do not like to talk about this subject. Government spokespersons try to hush down any whispers about an impending crisis. Except for a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-could-be-promoting-mass-labour-vulnerability/1221549
Labour has been seeking shelter in the informal sector which could pose problems
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 15, 2018 08:20 am
The prime minister has lauded the efforts of people to seek out some form of self-employment. One example he...
R N Bhaskar
3 August 2015
Talk to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and non-resident Indians (NRIs). They express tremendous anxiety over the provisions of the government’s new piece of legislation. This spells trouble for all of us, even if we...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-future-of-jobs-is-india-prepared/1194784
India is unprepared for the disruption in jobs in the future
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 28, 2017 07:28 am
In the first week of December 2017, a leading legal and consultancy firm, Nishith Desai Associates, announced a webinar on “Will...
Baulking away from the Census, Household spending and PISA surveys - is something amiss?
RN Bhaskar
The metaphor that could best describe India is an empty classroom in a not too swanky school. This is the image which comes to mind...
