Friday, March 29, 2024
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/look-up-mr-modi-the-sun-is-shining/1152421 Rooftop solar can help create around 83 million jobs — By RN Bhaskar | Oct 12, 2017 07:56 am Mr. Modi’s biggest headache is creating jobs.  Look at the table alongside. During 2015 and 2016, India created just 277,000 jobs.  This was lower...
China's problems are becoming viral news.  Is the situation that bad? RN Bhaskar The Western world and its allies are in a state of funk.  They oscillate between aggression and fear – a kind of collective paranoia seldom seen before. They...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-farmers-need-msp-till-commodity-markets-mature-and-become-reliable For desperate farmers, and broken commodity exchanges, MSP is the solution RN Bhaskar Ever since the government backtracked and repealed the three farm laws, there has been a concerted effort to show that the farmers were and remain misguided.  That Minimum...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-droning-government-and-its-wake-up-call-for-drones The government wakes up to the urgent need to open u0p the market for drones RN Bhaskar You can always count on the Indian government to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. (With apologies to Winston Churchill) Roll...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-folly-of-banning-futures-trading-in-commodities A primer for policymakers on commodities trading RN Bhaskar The government never tires of telling people that it wants to empower farmers.  It says it wants to empower commodities trading in futures, and commodity exchanges. This was the claim made by earlier...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/nirp-and-the-rosy-indian-economy/862987 How India has avoided the dangers of NIRP Unexpectedly, and sadly, you hear some people clamouring for the removal of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Raghuram Rajan.  But there an equally insistent – and numerically superior – group which...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/indias-economy-hurry-hide-those-blemishes-writes-rn-bhaskar Indian economy -- Out damned spot! RN Bhaskar Last week was full of chest thumping for India as it hosted the G20 Summit in Mumbai.  The city did everything to make itself look prettier than it is.  Slums were hidden from...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/it-is-a-spirited-debate-over-ethanol/1322177 Ethanol for cars is not a good idea in India — By RN Bhaskar | Jul 26, 2018 Each time India faces a glut in sugar production, there is a chorus of voices touting the need for vehicles to use ethanol.  The arguments...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-unintended-consequences-of-the-ban-on-cow-slaughter Uttar Pradesh and its cow problem RN Bhaskar Yogi Adityanath should be a worried man  He has a problem born of his own creation. His state has been one of the most belligerent in its enforcement of the ban on cow...
De Beers loses big time in the Singapore courts RN Bhaskar For many diamond industry watchers, De Beers was always too big a player to pick up a fight with.  It has eliminated competition ruthlessly, as the following paragraphs will show. ...