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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-you-cant-just-snap-fdi-into-india
FDI inflows need nurturing, the soil needs preparation
RN Bhaskar
These columns have constantly written about the desperate need for investments. We wrote about this just last month (https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-invest-in-india-right-message-wrong-approach), It was immediately after Prime minister Narendra Modi addressed global funds --...
Germany stumbles; Is limping today
By RN Bhaskar
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Germany has stumbled badly. It is limping currently. The stumble was not because it was careless. It was because it was more focussed on pleasing the US rather than...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/can-mumbai-manage-waste-the-swedish-way-r-n-bhaskar/800198
It can also be found at http://www.firstpost.com/india/the-deonar-fire-why-cant-mumbai-be-smarter-and-manage-its-waste-like-the-swedes-do-2689738.html
Can Mumbai manage waste, the Swedish way?
Mumbai’s municipal commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, is right. He does not want municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills in this city any more (http://www.freepressjournal.in/civic-chief-to-avoid-replay-of-deonar-fire/773118). He wants to introduce waste...
Policy Watch
Financial traps through Aadhaar and NPCI
RN Bhaskar
In the last week of September, government officials were rudely shaken by questions raised by Moody's Investors Service regarding the reliability of Aadhaar, specifically concerning biometric technology's effectiveness in India's hot and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-world-poverty-clock-pointers-for-india/1069774
India could learn a few things from the World Poverty Clock
— By RN Bhaskar | May 18, 2017 08:13 am
Asia could be getting out of poverty faster than many countries in the developing world. This -- and a great deal of...
The hype about India being the most attractive investment destination
RN Bhaskar
Suddenly, there is a rash of announcements proclaiming India to be the best investment destination in the world. Such a view has been echoed by, among others by Outlook...
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Policy Watch
Germany hitches its wagon to the Chinese engine
RN Bhaskar
The attempts of the US and NATO to use President Zelensky of Ukraine to needle Russia may be backfiring, big time. The first retaliation came from Russia. The second could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/demonetisation-short-term-brilliance-long-term-pain/973092
Policy Watch
Will demonetisation work? Or will it erode the rupee?
Rn bhaskar
On the night of 8 November, Prime minister Modi dropped a bombshell. He announced through a national TV address that the government was demonetising Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes from...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/expect-2018-to-be-more-unsettling-than-2017/1178960
An unsettling 2018
— By RN Bhaskar | Nov 30, 2017 07:52 am
Most marketmen are a bit confused about what the markets and the leading economies have in store for 2018. The first of such reports is already out. Credit Suisse...
