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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/rn-bhaskar-code-on-wages-bill-and-dream-of-jobs-for-all/1132793
Can the Wages Code scuttle the PM’s dream of jobs-for-all?
— By RN Bhaskar | Sep 07, 2017 07:41 am
On 10 August 2017, the government – through the labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya -- introduced in the Lok Sabha the Code on Wages...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/setting-up-of-a-world-class-centre-of-excellence-in-maritime-and-ship-building/1190624
CEMS: Training people for the waters
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 21, 2017 07:50 am
An announcement made by India’s ministry of shipping (MoS), in the last week of November 2017, went almost unnoticed by most people in the media. The...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/rn-bhaskar-right-to-die-with-dignity-busting-myths/762536
Right to die with dignity: Busting myths
— By FPJ Bureau | Jan 21, 2016 12:21 am
Last week, the Supreme Court (SC) of India resurrected the debate on euthanasia. The topic had seared the conscience of the nation when, in March...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/north-indias-demographic-time-bomb-r-n-bhaskar/825303
Will North India trigger the end of the India dream?
In an insightful document that Ambit Capital brought out on 5 April this year, (on Sizing India’s demographic bomb), the authors highlight a stark reality that confronts India.
It talks about...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/e-payments-dangerous-unaccounted-exceptions/990815
E-payments: unaccounted exceptions lead to corrosion and corruption
The phase of ‘demonetisation’ or de-legalising Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes is drawing to a close. By 31 December, it will be known how much of the Rs.14.21 lakh crore will reach the...
http://freepressjournal.in/editorspick/will-fossil-fuels-see-a-decline-in-coming-decade/1209623
Fossil fuels may march into the sunset
— By RN Bhaskar | Jan 25, 2018 08:23 am
Will fossil fuels see a decline in the coming decade?
RN Bhaskar
In October last year, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG); Minister...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/npa-albatross-around-banks-neck-rn-bhaskar/857767
The scourge of NPAs
The markets are still reeling. They are trying to cope with the NPA burden. Estimated at Rs.4 lakh crore, NPAs threaten to become almost 1.5 times the cumulative market capitalization of these banks. Some of these...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-agenda-for-the-government-1-dont-meddle-with-the-dairy-sector
Agenda for the government – #1. Dairy farming is the lifeblood of rural India
RN Bhaskar
(The entire series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2021/05/agenda-for-the-government-2021-series/)
This article has two recommendations.
The first is that the health minister needs to be replaced. He promotes neither...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/looking-an-auto-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-rn-bhaskar/820291
Looking an auto gift-horse in the mouth?
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 07, 2016 12:37 am
In January this year, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) made an interesting proposal to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The proposal...
