Friday, March 29, 2024
RBI has more caprice than respect for standards Can anyone be the world’s best central bank governor if he cannot protect the sanctity of his own country’s currency? By RN BhaskarLast week, the Bombay High Court granted time to the Reserve...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-post-covid-19-rooftop-solar-can-save-migrants-dont-ignore-it Post-Covid-19: Rooftop solar can save migrants; don’t ignore it RN Bhaskar  --  7 May 2020 This is not the first time that India’s policymakers have let unsound considerations, and the potential for graft, influence key policies. That can be the only...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-makes-farmers-more-sarkar-nirbhar-not-atma-nirbhar-writes-rn-bhaskar The government makes farmers more sarkar nirbhar, not atma nirbhar RN Bhaskar Last week, the government shocked economy watchers when it announced an extension of the ban on futures trading in select agricultural commodities for a year.  It would appear that...
R N Bhaskar 13 April 2015 First, the caveat. This analysis is not meant to hurt the sentiments of any community. It is to present scenarios which should be considered seriously. Now, the analysis. True, India is the world #1 in both milk...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/telecom-disruption-the-airwaves-are-buzzing OneWeb and SpaceX could disrupt telecom in India RN Bhaskar -- 18 February 2021 In the first week of 2021, short video on Elon Musk grabbed eyeballs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUOkiKHD8U&feature=youtu.be).  But in the sound and fury that surrounded the Jan 6 attack on...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gst-government-corruption-two-ticking-time-bombs-rn-bhaskar/987468 Two ticking time bombs: government corruption and GST There’s a story about a man who decided to buy some furniture in the week following the announcement of demonetisation. He went to the local shop. He identified what he wanted, and...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/opinion-rural-markets-will-decide-indias-revival Government policies have hurt India's rural economy RN Bhaskar Rural markets are in a froth.  Another farm agitation appears to be brewing (https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/why-a-farmers-agitation-2-0-begins-to-roll-out-in-delhi-11097951.html).  It could be messier than the first (https://asiaconverge.com/2020/12/farmer-agitations-fueled-by-corruption-politics-and-power/). And the reasons are not hard to find.  The gaps between...
Farm protests & Kurien’s Amul offer lessons to be learnt By RN Bhaskar On 23 February 2024, the web was flooded with advertisements showing the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Amul, the largest agricultural brand in India (and even Asia)....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bribery-at-all-levels-in-its-five-shades-r-n-bhaskar/867684 Five shades of bribery The Modi government prides itself on on trying to usher in corruption-free and bribery-free governance.  Maybe someone should tell its legislators that the best way to clean up governance is by making bribe-giving legal. This is what...
https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/india/priorities-for-the-govt-war-bihar-or-atma-nirbharta/915423be-fdae-459f-b88d-87399e5db574 Priorities for the govt: war, Bihar, or atma nirbharta? RN Bhaskar -- July 9, 2020 Politics can be a great distorter of truths because it is often based on optics.  And as Henri Bergson said about comedy, it is like froth. ...