Friday, March 29, 2024
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/mumbais-penchant-for-costly-and-inconvenient-projects/1396746 Mumbai roots for expensive underground parking RN Bhaskar November 15, 2018 Last week media reports talked about the new plans proposed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to build an underground parking lot at Raosaheb Patwardhan Garden, Linking Road,...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/will-the-remittances-flow-revive/1400829 Can remittances surpass their 2014 levels? RN Bhaskar November 22, 2018 Four years ago, when oil prices were slipping, there were worries that remittances from foreign workers into India would decline.  The reduction in oil revenues had made many countries in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/do-more-with-global-private-investment/1409946 India could do with a lot more of global private investment RN Bhaskar December 6, 2018 India, like the rest of the world, has begun witnessing the growing role of private equity and investment players in this country. On the one...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/power-for-all-would-not-be-that-easy/1277859 Power losses and funding constraints will hobble power-for-all — By RN Bhaskar | May 17, 2018 The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has decided to call for a review of the power sector.  Contrary to what he had been told by the power administration,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/solar-pumps-nddb-and-the-birth-of-pm-kusum-2 Solar pumps and water mismanagement -- NDDB and KUSUM RN Bhaskar – 29 August, 2019 The introduction of solar pumps in the Indian market was thought to be the perfect solution for aiding farmers in arid regions with neither electricity nor...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/solar-power-shining-sun-fading-promises/1501865 Solar power: a story of missed opportunities RN Bhaskar --  April 11, 2019 In February 2019, Bridge to India published its report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The country's total solar power generation capacity stood at 28.06 GW (see chart...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-smuggling-turn-the-spotlight-from-kerala-to-govt-policies Gold smuggling - I Part II can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/10/gold-smuggling-ii-a-cleanup-is-urgently-needed/) A beneficiary of flawed government policies. RN Bhaskar There’s an apocryphal story about a man blinded because he stole the gold that he saw lying unattended on the table in his master’s...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/speedy-dispute-resolution-will-silence-drumbeats-of-jobs/1522321 Job creation depends on speedy dispute resolution RN Bhaskar  --  May 09, 2019 The clamour of drum-beats grows louder. If it was a rallying war cry in 2014 –  Narendra Modi’s elevation as prime minister was partly on account of this...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-rbi-points-to-very-crucial-chinks-r-n-bhaskar/1354870 Economic growth and the RBI — By RN Bhaskar | Sep 13, 2018 The latest annual report of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is quite candid about its assessment of demonetisation.  More cash has come back into the system than had been...