Sunday, March 16, 2025
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/business-with-thailand-could-grow-faster/1250669 Indians begin to look at Thailand for locating their businesses there — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 05, 2018 08:22 am Thailand is not unfamiliar to most Indian businessmen. The Aditya Birla group was one of the first to discover the advantages of investing...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/lessons-india-can-learn-from-thailand-r-n-bhaskar/1246406 Thailand pursues economic development aggressively — By RN Bhaskar | Mar 29, 2018 08:00 am India began talking about Make in India since 2014.  And it has been talking about India becoming the hub of innovation for several decades now. But quietly, and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/psus-when-a-promise-is-not-a-promise-r-n-bhaskar/1242051 PSUs: Promises forgotten, rules ignored — By RN Bhaskar | Mar 22, 2018 08:17 am On March 13, 2018, the Parliament’s Lower House, the Lok Sabha, passed without debate two finance bills and 218 amendments. These included funding demands from 99 government...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-could-be-promoting-mass-labour-vulnerability/1221549 Labour has been seeking shelter in the informal sector which could pose problems — By RN Bhaskar | Feb 15, 2018 08:20 am The prime minister has lauded the efforts of people to seek out some form of self-employment.  One example he...