http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-agri-laundromat-error-or-cover-up/1011862
Agriculture as laundromat and five reasons why the income tax story does not wash
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 02, 2017 08:30 am
After almost ten months of silence, the government of India finally came forth with some (rather strange) answers....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-evidence-be-kept-alive-indefinitely/699237
How delays are allowed to frustrate justice
This is a true story about a couple in Singapore, where the wife is an entrepreneur. Each year, just before festival time, she asks her extended family in India to send to her...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/coins-judicial-overreach-or-administrative-underreach-r-n-bhaskar/920234
Does the govt have any policy for coins at all?
Once again, the courts have to take charge of simple administrative decisions. This is primarily on account of the ineptness on the part of the executive. Contributing to this flaw...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-gold-mining-an-agenda-for-the-government
Gold mining IV
What the government should do?
RN Bhaskar
When it comes to gold, politicians, government officials, media and the general public can be quite misinformed to the point of hysteria.
Consider how – on 21 February 2020 -- an unsuspecting public...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-the-lure-of-online-groceries-is-growing-stronger-and-stronger
Online groceries to witness booming times ahead
RN Bhaskar – 16 April 2020
The business of online groceries has been growing at 67% year on year.
There are several factors that have propelled this growth. First, India as a consumption economy. Second,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-what-the-fm-did-not-announce
Policy watch
To ease economic distress, the country needs demand revival, not mere credit guarantees
RN Bhaskar
News is made when you do something great. But news is also made when you do something stupid, or something that looks like sensible action,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/verghese-kuriens-milk-model-curdled
How the government has curdled the Verghese Kurien’s milk model
RN Bhaskar -- 20 February, 2020
If you can read the tea leaves – you can predict that the government will decimate the Kurien model for milk production, nutrition and growth...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/geography-economics-history-and-culture-heres-why-india-and-china-need-each-other
How should India view China?
RN Bhaskar - July 2, 2020
At times of war, it is dangerous to talk of peace. As the poet TS Eliot once remarked (through the lips of Aunt Agatha in A Family Reunion), “In a...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-great-vision-for-healthcare-if-r-n-bhaskar/1336205
Ayushman Bharat and healthcare
— By RN Bhaskar | Aug 16, 2018
The present government should soon announce (maybe on Independence Day) the Ayushman Bharat—National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) which could make India have the world’s largest health insurance programme. The scheme could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/king-coals-rise-decline-and-eventual-fall-r-n-bhaskar/912190
King Coal is rapidly losing market relevance
Few thought this would ever happen. In fact, if you plot a chart of coal demand in the UK for the period 1860 till 2020 (http://about.bnef.com/presentations/liebreich-state-of-the-industry-keynote-bnef-summit-2016/ also see chart), the image tells you...
