The government is keen on strengthening Aadhaar. That will allow it to effectively implement its Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme across the country.
But there is a gaping hole in the entire process. India has been counting only its living....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/banker-scamster-and-hidden-hand-make-merry-r-n-bhaskar/1345574
Protecting the banker -- and the invisible hand
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 30, 2018
There is a sense of disquiet among India’s policy-watchers. Such anxieties were confirmed when they saw the data presented before the Lok Sabha on 3 August 2018...
Fact vs fiction about advantages and strengths can be quite jarring for India
By R.N. Bhaskar
India makes tall claims. However, a look at hard numbers shows how it has spurned natural advantages that it had. The country cannot prosper if...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-msp-bihar-maize-and-elections
Were MSP rules relaxed to aid vote capture in the forthcoming Bihar elections?
RN Bhaskar
The three bills (now Acts) related to agriculture continue to raise a lot of dust. This column dealt with the bills last week. Yes, they are...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-two-cheers-for-decisions-on-education/1122661
Education gets a new lease of life in India
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 17, 2017 07:03 am
There are times when, in the din of sloganeering about what has gone wrong, people overlook the good that is being done. One...
R N Bhaskar
6 January 2014
The government of India likes to claim it is committed to uplifting its people. But, sadly, most numbers point towards a different direction.
Consider the table alongside. Even a cursory glance will show you that the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-post-covid-19-rooftop-solar-can-save-migrants-dont-ignore-it
Post-Covid-19: Rooftop solar can save migrants; don’t ignore it
RN Bhaskar -- 7 May 2020
This is not the first time that India’s policymakers have let unsound considerations, and the potential for graft, influence key policies. That can be the only...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/china-wants-the-world-to-sit-up-and-listen-to-it
China prepares itself for the future
RN Bhaskar -- 21 November 2019
In some ways, China has suddenly woken up to the need to let the world know how big its plans really are. Hitherto it let is performance do the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gst-actually-promote-a-cashless-economy/1459489
GST can even encourage cash transactions
RN Bhaskar February 14, 2019
There’s a restaurant in Ballard Estate in Mumbai which is frequented by many upper middle-class customers. It is one of the few organised sector restaurants that refuses to accept payment...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/misplaced-zeal-for-environment-and-water
Cities haven't yet learnt how to deal with water and the environment
RN Bhaskar – 18 July, 2019
Crisis, it is believed, brings out the best – or the worst – in people. So it was when Mumbai experienced its predictable...
