https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/of-men-morals-and-madira-is-the-government-doing-enough-to-tackle-the-liquor-shop-issue
Covid-19 – of men, morals, madira and home delivery
RN Bhaskar -- 14 May, 2020
This article must be read alongside another written for FPJ last week (https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/morality-is-fine-but-liquor-is-quicker-why-opening-of-wine-shops-amid-pandemic-raises-serious-questions). At that time, there were indications that Maharashtra would lift the lockdown for...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-why-politicians-should-bear-the-cost-of-treating-covid-19-patients
Politicians promote slums, which worsen the Covid-19 spread. Now they should pay for the costs too.
RN Bhaskar – 25 Jun3 2020
The numbers of Covid-19 infections continue to soar. Two months ago, when this author talked about why slums could...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-makes-farmers-more-sarkar-nirbhar-not-atma-nirbhar-writes-rn-bhaskar
The government makes farmers more sarkar nirbhar, not atma nirbhar
RN Bhaskar
Last week, the government shocked economy watchers when it announced an extension of the ban on futures trading in select agricultural commodities for a year. It would appear that...
Dreams of a Ferrari on India’s potholed roads
By RN Bhaskar
The picture is courtesy CoPilot
The Union Budget should get announced within days of this column being put out in public domain. There is abundant speculation that the government will pull...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/indias-deceptive-economic-performance
India's economic performance may be worse than is being claimed
RN Bhaskar
Last week government sources were proud to showcase India’s GDP growth during the current fiscal at 13.5 %. It was left to analysts to point out that this was...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/the-way-ahead-for-economic-growth-and-jobs
The priority should be economic growth and jobs
RN Bhaskar -- 13 June 2019
The Indian economy is at the brink of extremely difficult times. At such times, a report from the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) titled Investment Requirements in...
Turmeric gets a shot in the arm
RN Bhaskar
Turmeric farmers should see better prices both in domestic and export markets soon. This is because of the efforts of the government’s KVKs (Krishi Vigyan Kendras) and NCDEX (which funded the setting...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/king-coals-rise-decline-and-eventual-fall-r-n-bhaskar/912190
King Coal is rapidly losing market relevance
Few thought this would ever happen. In fact, if you plot a chart of coal demand in the UK for the period 1860 till 2020 (http://about.bnef.com/presentations/liebreich-state-of-the-industry-keynote-bnef-summit-2016/ also see chart), the image tells you...
India will be promoting poverty — a hole for people to fall into
By RN Bhaskar
Image generated suing https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img
When it comes to development and increasing the prosperity of common folk, India needs to take a lesson or two from what...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/shrinking-modi-bjp-even-india
When Modi, the BJP and India begin shrinking
“When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.”
— Lin Yutang
RB Bhaskar
Elections for five states are over -- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu Kerala, Assam,...
