https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-energyministries-practice-to-deceive
Are India's solar energy plans sought to be scuttled?
RN Bhaskar -- October 10, 2019
The performance of prime minister Narendra Modi, at the recently concluded United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, was electrifying (pun intended). He reiterated before...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/future-of-consumption-in-fast-growth-consumer-marktets
India's consumption markets are its most seductive feature
By RN Bhaskar -- October 2, 2019
In the epic titled Odysseus, Ulysses decides that he would love to listen to the music of the world-acclaimed sirens. But he wanted to ensure that...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/cattle-semen-is-a-big-business-indeed
India becomes a major player in the cattle semen business
RN Bhaskar -- September 25, 2019
Ask Dr. Omveer Singh, managing director of NDDB Dairy Services, and he will tell you that cattle semen production is increasingly becoming a very important...
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/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...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/economic-policy-little-vision-less-consultation
Auto sector revival key to economic revival
RN Bhaskar – August 22, 2019
Budget reviews are normally written within a fortnight after the papers are tabled in Parliament. This belated review comes in the wake of sharply declining sales, slashing of...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/indias-interests-in-milk-almost-sold-away-to-new-zealand
India's milk interests sought to be sabotaged by bureaucrats
RN Bhaskar – 15 Aug 2019
Milk is one of the most strategically important industries for India. It is one which has spawned Asia’s largest agricultural brand in Amul. It has witnessed...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/niti-aayog-is-wrong-about-water-desalination
Niti Aayog is wrong to recommend water desalination
RN Bhaskar – August 8, 2019
Last fortnight, Niti Aayog, the national official think-tank, came up with a proposal that -- in order to address the country's water woes -- desalination plants should...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/are-the-pm-modis-key-schemes-being-sabotaged
Ignoring waste management could cripple three key schemes of PM Modi
RN Bhaskar -- August 1, 2019
Three schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are truly pathbreaking – at least where India is concerned. One is Swachh Bharat, The other is...
