http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-a-petition-to-the-rbi-surging-bank-charges/1039464
Policywatch
Is the RBI indifferent to surging bank charges?
Rn bhaskar
Officials at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may be familiar with an image that is being WhatsApp-ed around lately. It says “If you have a gun, you can rob a...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/ukraine-the-war-that-usa-wants
The Ukraine war may revive the Pearl Harbour bombing of 1941
RN Bhaskar
The war will end. The leaders will shake hands.
The old woman will keep waiting for her martyred son. The girl will wait for her beloved husband. And those...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column-policy-watch-how-sc-upheld-community-s-right-to-manage-funds-1953862
How the Hindus lost control of their temples, gods and culture
In a landmark judgement on January 6, the Supreme Court ruled that no government had the absolute right to take over the management of temple trusts
It ruled that Article...
R N Bhaskar
23 February 2015
Almost everybody is now reconciled to the inevitability of urbanisation.
Even as early as January 2007, Goldman Sachs had in its economics paper (No152) on “India’s Rising Growth Potential” pointed out how the 21st century would...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-pumps-nddb-and-the-birth-of-pm-kusum-2
Solar pumps and water mismanagement -- NDDB and KUSUM
RN Bhaskar – 29 August, 2019
The introduction of solar pumps in the Indian market was thought to be the perfect solution for aiding farmers in arid regions with neither electricity nor...
India and China warm up to each other. Russia could be the marriage-maker
RN Bhaskar
The last two months have been turbulent for India. In a way, this is a microcosm of what the world has witnessed during the past two...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/north-indias-demographic-time-bomb-r-n-bhaskar/825303
Will North India trigger the end of the India dream?
In an insightful document that Ambit Capital brought out on 5 April this year, (on Sizing India’s demographic bomb), the authors highlight a stark reality that confronts India.
It talks about...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/what-about-the-battery-charging-policy-2
Has the government forgotten about battery swapping?
RN Bhaskar – September 12, 2019
When the government announced its plans to usher in electric vehicles (EVs), it was jumping the gun. It should have worked on a battery policy first. Why?
The following...
Ceasefire talks are fine – But what about Gaza?
By R N Bhaskar
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The world has seen two major ceasefire talks. One has just been concluded between India and Pakistan. The US is believed to have been the...
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....









































