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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lessons-to-be-learnt-about-npa-recovery/1428359
NPA recovery is not easy to manage
RN Bhaskar January 3, 2019
The recently published Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2017-18 brought out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is a veritable goldmine of information on...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-is-this-all-that-a-double-engine-growth-can-achieve-in-uttar-pradesh
Uttar Pradesh: A double engine policy means little if the tracks are poorly aligned
RN Bhaskar
The government is fond of talking about a double engine growth in Uttar Pradesh (UP). In the recently tabled Union Budget, it talked about a...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/two-measures-that-could-empower-marginal-farmers-land-lease-and-fpos
Land lease and FPOs could benefit marginal farmers
RN Bhaskar -- 15 October, 2020
Time and again, new numbers pop up, reconfirming an old truth – that India’s farmers are in distress. Especially small farmers. A set of figures that is...
R N Bhaskar
17 August 2015
The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-government-can-easily-clean-up-gold-market-in-india/1106479
Just three steps and the govt can clean up the gold market
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 20, 2017 07:04 am
The gold market in India is in a mess. Smuggling continues big time. Seizure of smuggled-in-gold barely accounts for 3%...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-epayments-the-government-stumbles-again/1023892
Epayments - several things the RBI and the Cabinet Secretary overlooked
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 23, 2017 08:59 am
Last week, the government came out with two announcements regarding epayments. One was through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-how-poor-are-india-s-slums-2065228
How poor are India’s slums?
R N Bhaskar | Updated: Mar 2, 2015, 05:00 AM IST, DNA
In order to understand what the numbers in the chart alongside signify, it is essential to first comprehend what the Census means...
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...
