Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Yarns government spokespersons spin about jobs and growth By RN Bhaskar The government may say that the economy is looking good, and that India is on the rise. But some key indicators are flashing red. Few jobs, little growth and a bleak...
When banking jeopardises depositors' interests —Feb 11, 2016 12:26 am http://www.freepressjournal.in/when-banking-becomes-a-nightmare-rn-bhaskar/777519 Expect public sector banks (PSBs) to come under increasing pressure in the coming two years. They will groan under swelling non-performing assets (NPAs). People, who thought that the worst was...
Is FSSAI playing games with consumers once again? By RN Bhaskar Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img FSSAI (the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India -- https://fssai.gov.in/) is also known as the Food Authority.  It  comes under the ministry of Health & Family...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/business-with-thailand-could-grow-faster/1250669 Indians begin to look at Thailand for locating their businesses there — By RN Bhaskar | Apr 05, 2018 08:22 am Thailand is not unfamiliar to most Indian businessmen. The Aditya Birla group was one of the first to discover the advantages of investing...
Fiurst appeared at https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/a-smarter-cheaper-path-to-clean-air-affordable-power  Power generation rules must adapt to ground realities The Government’s recent decision to ease the blanket requirement for flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems across its coal-fired power fleet is not a retreat from environmental responsibility. On the...
Waste-management: Sweden can show the way http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-policy-watch-lessons-we-can-learn-from-sweden-in-waste-management-2007453 Sweden is a small country. Its landmass is just 450,295 sq. km compared with 3,287,590 sq km for India. It population is even smaller – 9.6 million people compared with 1.2 billion for India. But...
16 Feb 2026 India faces an exodus of money, people, and values By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image: Gemini Even as Piyush Goyal, Union minister for commerce,  continues to be exultant about his New Zealand and EU FTAs and his trade...
Trump blows his own trumpet amid ruins By RN Bhaskar Image generated through https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img Ever since Donald Trump assumed the office of the President of the US (for a second time), matters appear to be getting worse for the US. But Trump...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/r-n-bhaskar-policy-watch-liberate-temples-from-government-control/756036 Policy Watch Temple trusts hold the key to social harmony Rabid Hindutva groups have been espousing the “protection” of Hindu values in all sorts of clumsy ways – from beef bans to ghar wapsi.  In fact, if these groups really want...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/economic-policy-little-vision-less-consultation Auto sector revival key to economic revival RN Bhaskar – August 22, 2019 Budget reviews are normally written within a fortnight after the papers are tabled in Parliament.  This belated review comes in the wake of sharply declining sales, slashing of...