Policy watch
India excelled in the art of earning its wealth, not plundering it
By RN Bhaskar
This is a story not just for historians, but for India’s policymakers. It tells of how Indian entrepreneurship can be truly unlocked if they are...
R N Bhaskar
It came in as a thunderclap. In mid-May, speaking at the Business and Climate Conference in Paris, Ali Al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, dropped a bombshell.
He announced that fossil fuels wouldn’t be necessary in Saudi Arabia by...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/want-to-uproot-corruption-try-this/980341
Want to uproot corruption? Try this
How does one win confidence of people, and also strengthen the Indian economy?
That is no easy task. After all, most Indians feel deprived; and vulnerable. India remains a country where 53% of its wealth...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/how-much-gold-can-be-mined-in-india-r-n-bhaskar/1291467
Can India ever allow genuine gold exploration and mining in India?
RN Bhaskar -- | Jun 07, 2018
Officially India mined just 1.61 tonnes of gold in India during 2017-18. That was essentially from primary sources.
But ask geologists, and they will tell...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-blighted-vision-about-gold-mining
Gold mining – part I
Can India have better policies relating to gold mining
RN Bhaskar -- 17 December 2020
Last week, media headlines screamed out information about the ‘theft’ of 100 kg of gold kept in the CBI vaults. An inhouse...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-the-key-to-turkey-s-success-2055430
The key to Turkey’s success
Monday, 26 January 2015 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna
R N Bhaskar
The country has cleaned up and revitalised its gold trade. Can India follow suit?
Turkey is the fourth-largest consumer of gold...
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...
Lectures by RN Bhaskar
The rural Economy
Future of Agriculture series -- Lectures
Date
Title
URL
16-07-2020
Why Agriculture matters for India| Future of Agriculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqVLmf2G4g&t=295s
23-07-2020
Milk is the real backbone of India's rural economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4JY5YjWsBo
30-07-2020
Animal Husbandry -Economics and Fallacies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGyLxdHFQMw
06-08-2020
The emerging wealth generator in farming is vegetables and fruit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gqM0nQObg&t=55s
13-08-2020
Rural...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-sibal-s-kiss-of-death-1385602
Thursday, 20 May 2010
The RTE and the foreign universities could ensure the collapse of school and higher education.
Kapil Sibal, the Union minister for human resources development (HRD), is a man in a hurry. That could explain why he has...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-world-poverty-clock-pointers-for-india/1069774
India could learn a few things from the World Poverty Clock
— By RN Bhaskar | May 18, 2017 08:13 am
Asia could be getting out of poverty faster than many countries in the developing world. This -- and a great deal of...
