https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/does-the-budget-not-care-for-human-capital/1453862
Interim Budget and its indifference to human capital
RN Bhaskar February 7, 2019
At a time when election fever is at its peak, it is not surprising to see the tide run out. That is when you embarrassingly discover who...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-great-vision-for-healthcare-if-r-n-bhaskar/1336205
Ayushman Bharat and healthcare
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 16, 2018
The present government should soon announce (maybe on Independence Day) the Ayushman Bharat—National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) which could make India have the world’s largest health insurance programme. The scheme could...
20 April 2026
The economy the government is blind to
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: CoPilot
India has been haemorrhaging for the past decade. The Iran war only jolted India by focussing the spotlights on the fissures that government policies...
Oil to pressure remittances into India?
http://www.freepressjournal.in/oil-to-pressurise-remittances-into-india-r-n-bhaskar/767163
Jan 28, 2016 12:00 am
Oil slipped below the psychological barrier of $30 per barrel last week, sending out gasps of shock and amazement. Few had expected it to fall below the $40 level. ...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-sibal-s-kiss-of-death-1385602
Thursday, 20 May 2010
The RTE and the foreign universities could ensure the collapse of school and higher education.
Kapil Sibal, the Union minister for human resources development (HRD), is a man in a hurry. That could explain why he has...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/npa-albatross-around-banks-neck-rn-bhaskar/857767
The scourge of NPAs
The markets are still reeling. They are trying to cope with the NPA burden. Estimated at Rs.4 lakh crore, NPAs threaten to become almost 1.5 times the cumulative market capitalization of these banks. Some of these...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/labour-pains-that-threaten-the-government/
Labour pains that threaten the government
— By R N Bhaskar | Oct 15, 2015 02:53 am
The stakes for the government at the centre are growing higher by each passing month. The spectre of unemployment looms larger with each passing month. Almost...
Hindi Belt -I – Uttar Pradesh is plagued by death and poor governance
RN Bhaskar (the second part of this series can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/07/hindi-belt-ii-crimes-against-children-and-against-humanity/)
"It is a state that does maximum number of vaccinations, , , , unprecedented ....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-3-dont-shoot-down-messengers-dont-fudge-the-numbers
Agenda #3 -- Messengers matter. Encourage them. Don’t deter them
RN Bhaskar
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
Many people do not know that the man who made the shooting down of messengers repugnant in law and practice is the...
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...










































