Can the legend of Dr.Verghese Kurien be erased?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image source: NDDB
26 November 2025. It was a day for celebrations. It has also become a day for sadness. It was a day when the country...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/infrastructure-spending-has-been-great-under-nda-government/1414386
Great news about infrastructure spending
RN Bhaskar -- 13 December 2018
One of the major achievements of the BJP led NDA government is the huge step forward it has made in respect of central sector infrastructure projects. CARE Ratings recently brought...
The India infrastructure hype
RN Bhaskar
Last week, the government announced that it would be embarking on another large investment outlay for infrastructure. As a media report (https://indianexpress.com/article/india/govts-big-infra-push-nod-to-road-projects-worth-rs-50655-crore-9491780/) put it, “In a big push to infrastructure spending, the Union government Friday...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-shrinking-middle-class-could-roil-india-badly
Shrinking middle class, warped policies, could hurt India badly
RN Bhaskar
The writing was on the wall. Poverty is on the march. All the slogans about a resurgent India, self-reliance had begun to sound a bit stale, irrelevant, even distasteful.
Poverty triumphs...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/government-paying-lip-service-to-solar-and-ev-players/1426663
Is the government serious about solar power and EVs?
RN Bhaskar December 27, 2018
Last week, possibly in order to soften the pain for an electorate in the months preceding general elections, the government (through its finance ministry) reduced GST on...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-government-makes-farmers-more-sarkar-nirbhar-not-atma-nirbhar-writes-rn-bhaskar
The government makes farmers more sarkar nirbhar, not atma nirbhar
RN Bhaskar
Last week, the government shocked economy watchers when it announced an extension of the ban on futures trading in select agricultural commodities for a year. It would appear that...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-frauds-could-hurt-india-much-more-than-covid-19-can
Bank frauds could create more pain than people imagine
RN Bhaskar – 24 September 2020
If you are a believer, or a bhakt, you should only read the reports of India’s policymakers. You will get a feeling that all is well. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/lessons-in-education-from-china-for-india/830650
What India can learn about education from China - I
Any way you look at it, there is a great sad irony underlining the approach of India and China to its own people and to the world.
India waxes eloquent about...
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/india-begins-transforming-itself-but-r-n-bhaskar/958267
India transforms, but . . .
"The king is extremely cultured but....
The courtiers were charming, my stay as a guest of honour immensely comfortable, but...
The music in the king's court was exquisite, but...
The ladies were most beautiful, but...
The country was...
