http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tokenism-will-not-make-mumbai-smart-r-n-bhaskar/1296116
Smart cities – more tokenism, less integrity in Mumbai
RN Bhaskar -- | Jun 14, 2018
The full report can be downloaded from 2018-06_McKinsey_Smart Cities executive summary
McKinsey Global Institute has just come out with its paper on Smart Cities: Digital Solutions for...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-madhya-pradesh-agricultural-marvel-has-miles-to-go/1287268
Irrigation served Madhya Pradesh's agriculture quite well
— By RN Bhaskar | May 31, 2018
Madhya Pradesh is a state investors need to be watching very carefully. During the past 12 years, the state has witnessed a blistering growth in agriculture of over...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/need-to-take-literacy-improvement-seriously-r-n-bhaskar/1282452
Very few states take literacy improvement seriously
— By RN Bhaskar | May 24, 2018
The government of India like to crow about how it has improved India’s literacy levels ever since independence. But when the numbers are studied carefully for a long...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/power-for-all-would-not-be-that-easy/1277859
Power losses and funding constraints will hobble power-for-all
— By RN Bhaskar | May 17, 2018
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has decided to call for a review of the power sector. Contrary to what he had been told by the power administration,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-did-rbi-and-the-government-allow-the-npa-loot/1273740
Essar, Videocon and other NPAs - did RBI and the government abet this?
RN Bhaskar | May 10, 2018
Bank NPAs are bleeding India. Yet, on 14 March 2018, the RBI governor, Urjit Patel bemoaned the fact that he had more power to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/go-chanda-kochar-please-go/1269603
Why Chanda Kochar must go
RN Bhaskar | May 03, 2018
Last week witnessed the first public appeal being made by mainstream media asking Chanda Kochar (currently managing director of ICICI Bank) to step down from her post. (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/icici-deserves-a-statesman-not-a-leader-in-hiding-letter-to-chanda-kochhar-from-another-ceo/articleshow/63893641.cms?curator=alphaideas&utm_source=alphaideas). In what was captioned...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/and-silently-flows-the-ganges/1265081
The Ganges remains polluted
RN Bhaskar | Apr 26, 2018 07:39 am
No other river in India evokes the faith, love and disgust that the Ganga is famous for. It is a river than breathes history. Its banks have hosted towns and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/now-private-banks-too-are-getting-tarnished/1260481
AIBEA should focus more on private bank malpractices
RN Bhaskar -- Apr 19, 2018
Stories about wheeling dealing that managements of private sector banks have indulged in have suddenly put the spotlight on such banks. Hitherto, the focus was on mismanagement...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/is-india-emerging-as-aircraft-repair-hub-r-n-bhaskar/1255629
Will the govt allow India's AIESL to emerge as Asia's aircraft repair hub?
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 12, 2018
Last month, the government announced that it had appointed the consultancy firm EY as the transaction advisor for Air India’s strategic sale...
