http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-auction-off-nsel-defaulters-assets-to-restore-investor-confidence-1997111
Monday, 23 June 2014 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar
Liquidate NLEL-related seized assets
The Modi government at the Centre has been talking about making India more investment friendly. That is understandable.
After all, it...
Desalination is a cover-up for inefficiency even corruption in India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Increasingly, India is pushing for more desalination projects. That is a mistake because a) India does not need desalination plants except for a very...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-policy-watch-liberate-temples-from-government-control/756036
Policy Watch
Temple trusts hold the key to social harmony
Rabid Hindutva groups have been espousing the “protection” of Hindu values in all sorts of clumsy ways – from beef bans to ghar wapsi. In fact, if these groups really want...
Policy watch
Is India losing money faster than inbound FDI?
RN Bhaskar
Politicians in India love hyping up this country’s investment story. That means excellent FDI (foreign direct investment) inflows. A good example is the way the Union commerce minister likes to...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-curse-of-being-an-abandoned-child-in-india
India's callous and brutal approach towards the abandoned girl child
RN Bhaskar
In March 2021, India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) took possession of a Rs 1.45 crore worth Delhi-based property belonging to Asha, wife of Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in Muzaffarpur...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/it-is-a-spirited-debate-over-ethanol/1322177
Ethanol for cars is not a good idea in India
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 26, 2018
Each time India faces a glut in sugar production, there is a chorus of voices touting the need for vehicles to use ethanol. The arguments...
Yarns government spokespersons spin about jobs and growth
By RN Bhaskar
The government may say that the economy is looking good, and that India is on the rise.
But some key indicators are flashing red. Few jobs, little growth and a bleak...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-2017-looking-back-looking-ahead/997952
Retrospective 2016 – looking back; looking ahead on e-payments
There can be no doubt about it. If there is anything that 2016 will be remembered for in India, it will be the ‘de-legalisation’ of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes. Popularly referred...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-will-your-milk-be-delivered-home
Milk, subsidies, turbulence and coronavirus
RN Bhaskar – April 9, 2020
Last fortnight, milk was in the spotlight once again. And this time ostensibly because of the coronavirus lockdown.
Some milk producers began crying wolf. They said that milk supplies to Mumbai...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/pending-cases-and-political-criminality/694252
Pending cases - how the mafia gains legitimacy
There is one question most social scientists have been grappling with for ages – what is the difference between a government and the mafia? After all, both collect protection money, though the...
