Policy Watch

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/fdi%e2%80%88mixed-smoke-signals-continue-to-perplex/1140625 Will FDI finally begin to roll into India? — By RN Bhaskar | Sep 21, 2017 07:09 am If one looks back, 2014 was a year when many people had a great deal of hope and expectation.  FDI was supposed to pour into...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/rn-bhaskar-relevance-of-amul-in-indias-page-part-1/742104 Relevance of Amul in India’s page – Part 1 — By RN Bhaskar | Dec 24, 2015 12:08 am All through the 1980s, Verghese Kurien, the “Milkman of India” kept telling people that this country had a natural strategic advantage with milk...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-will-not-understand-governance-till-uttar-pradesh-is-tamed India's cross will be the badlands of Uttar Pradesh RN Bhaskar “Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them , , , My country, tears of thee Sweet land of liberty” Excerpted from Pity the Nation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article137279578.html) Uttar...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/does-the-budget-not-care-for-human-capital/1453862 Interim Budget and its indifference to human capital RN Bhaskar February 7, 2019 At a time when election fever is at its peak, it is not surprising to see the tide run out. That is when you embarrassingly discover who...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-how-to-plan-for-paid-parking-and-paid-hawking/1051060 A suggestion for solving Mumbai's problems of parking and hawking — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 13, 2017 09:40 am There’s a great deal of heat and dust in Mumbai.  And it is not only on account of the weather.  One of the...

The stench of bribery is up in the air once again. This time, it is disclosure that a US company, Louis Berger, paid bribes to two Goa legislators to win a contract. At least one of them has been...

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-oh-shit-a-rs-150617-crore-business-2033671 Waste-management Oh shit! A Rs 150,617 crore business Biogas is finally beginning to attract some of the biggest names in the markets. Tata Power just announced that it has helped set up 36 biogas plants in and around Mundra in Gujarat....

http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/rn-bhaskar-neem-project-the-next-big-agro-revolution/1097354 The ‘neem’ revolution has arrived — By RN Bhaskar | Jul 06, 2017 07:26 am Rn bhaskar Prime Minister Narendra Modi often talks of “Save Water; Save Energy; Save Fertiliser”. By May 2015, in order to prevent the diversion of fertilizers for non-farm...

http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/good-listening-for-good-governance-r-n-bhaskar/969318 Policy watch Good listening is imperative for good governance Rn bhaskar The present government won a huge mandate from the people of India. One reason was that it promised to bring in good governance.  But many people in the government forget one...

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1883063/report-policy-watch-maharashtra-still-flirting-with-illegal-mining Maharashtra loves illegal mining Though cases have swelled in the recent past, the fine collected from offenders is on a downhill road. On August 23, 2013, a reply tabled by Union minister of mines before the Lok Sabha confirmed Maharashtra’s position...