Thursday, September 17, 2026
Sept 7 2026 Policies that have made sugar bitter By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: Chatgpt At one level, there is some cause for jubilation.  From a higher level, you begin to realise how India’s policy makers are being suicidal.  True,...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/chinas-investment-can-grow-further Don't underestimate China's savvy when investing in India RN Bhaskar - 19 March, 2020 Note from the author: This article has two parts to it. This part looks at investments China has already made in India.  The second part will examine...

https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gst-actually-promote-a-cashless-economy/1459489 GST can even encourage cash transactions RN Bhaskar February 14, 2019 There’s a restaurant in Ballard Estate in Mumbai which is frequented by many upper middle-class customers.  It is one of the few organised sector restaurants that refuses to accept payment...
Russia becomes the top dog in Europe, and #4 in the world By RN Bhaskar Last month the world bank finally conceded that Russia had overtaken Japan and had become the fourth largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/too-soon-to-celebrate-storm-clouds-ahead-for-india Is the worst over for the Indian economy? RN Bhaskar Most speculators seem quite upbeat after the pounding they have gone through during the recent bear phase. They believe that good times have begun.  Maybe, they are right.  It does look...
India’s Budget 2024 and Economic Survey suggest trouble ahead By RN Bhaskar The Economic Survey was tabled before the Parliament on Monday 22 July 2024.  The next day, the finance minister tabled her Budget proposals. If one goes by the hype...
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.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-spectre-of-unemployment-2080974 Spectre of unemployment Monday, 27 April 2015 - 8:22am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dn R N Bhaskar A time bomb is ticking away — over 300 million jobs needed within this decade Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/tourism-is-desirable-but-not-easily-captured-r-n-bhaskar/947530 Tourism desirable, but problems persist By any yardstick, the numbers look impressive. There has been an impressive growth in tourism. According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2015 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), India’s rank climbed up 13 Places...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-did-rbi-and-the-government-allow-the-npa-loot/1273740 Essar, Videocon and other NPAs - did RBI and the government abet this? RN Bhaskar | May 10, 2018 Bank NPAs are bleeding India. Yet, on 14 March 2018, the RBI governor, Urjit Patel bemoaned the fact that he had more power to...