http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-import-duties-need-to-be-streamlined-rn-bhaskar/1372617
Gold import duties begin to attract attention
— By RN Bhaskar | Oct 11, 2018
Last fortnight, the government of India released a list of 19 items where import duties had been raised.
What was interesting was that despite a clamour from the trade...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-harms-its-demographic-dividend/1217369
India ignores its demographic dividend
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 08, 2018 07:53 am
One would have thought that any government that was keen on improving the lot of its people would have focussed on two critical areas – education and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-the-abject-state-of-medicare-in-india/1008722
India's Medicate -- terrible state; forgotten objectives
How does medicare fare in India? The blunt answer is that nobody really knows. There is very little data available. Or at least, if the data is available with the government, little goes...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/water-and-waste-water-in-india
India's blindness - for water and waste water
RN Bhaskar -- 4 July 2019
If one goes by news reports, it would appear that the government is trying to sort out the impending water crisis on a war footing. That is...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-pushing-e-payments-with-scam-potential-dangerous/1001041
ePayments and the scam potential
Try paying a bill of the MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) -- the epayments way -- through its web portal. It will be a vexing experience.
Half the payment gateways do not work This could...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/income-inequality-taxes-and-the-indian-state-rn-bhaskar/845855
Income tax and the Indian state
The government of India finally woke up to the scathing criticism levelled against it by none other than Thomas Piketty in February this year. Piketty talked about how there was tremendous income inequality in...
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/rn-bhaskar-rera-becomes-real-will-the-customer-still-be-king/1066031
Will diluted forms of RERA work?
— By RN Bhaskar | May 11, 2017 07:48 am
It was a concept that was being spoken of almost nine years ago. Finally, this government has made it happen. Nobody thought that the real-estate-developer lobby could...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-when-it-comes-to-solar-panels-clouds-of-greed-mismanagement-and-theft-block-the-sun
Rooftop solar: Clouds of greed, mismanagement and theft block the sun
RN Bhaskar
June 11, 2020
On paper, the situation looks wonderful. IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency) has plans to lend around $1.3 billion (Rs.100 billion) to the solar and wind...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/economic-policy-little-vision-less-consultation
Auto sector revival key to economic revival
RN Bhaskar – August 22, 2019
Budget reviews are normally written within a fortnight after the papers are tabled in Parliament. This belated review comes in the wake of sharply declining sales, slashing of...







































