http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-2017-looking-back-looking-ahead/997952
Retrospective 2016 – looking back; looking ahead on e-payments
There can be no doubt about it. If there is anything that 2016 will be remembered for in India, it will be the ‘de-legalisation’ of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 notes. Popularly referred...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-what-aatma-nirbhar-bharat-could-learn-from-the-uss-agriculture-department
Make farmers atma nirbhar. Do what the USDA does
RN Bhaskar – 28 May 2020
The Indian government should carefully study what the US has been doing if it seriously interested in Atma Nirbharta (self-reliance) of farmers.
On April 17, 2020, the...
Desalination is a cover-up for inefficiency even corruption in India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Increasingly, India is pushing for more desalination projects. That is a mistake because a) India does not need desalination plants except for a very...
Splurge even if you are going bankrupt
RN Bhaskar
Most economists agree that governments can either control interest rates, or exchange rates. They cannot do both. If the government controls interest rates to tamp down inflation, then the repercussions will be...
India witnesses flight of capital and millionaires
RN Bhaskar
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In a way, this was to be expected. Geopolitical turmoil has resulted in political uncertainty about the future of several economies. Millionaires and capital which...
Was Indigo collusive on scheming or was it being exploited?
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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The clock began ticking on 2 December 2025. Some Indigo flights were being cancelled. But the number of cancellations grew daily. By...
USA trips India on oil
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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President Donald J Trump is having a field day. He has succeeded in tripping up Venezuela. In spite of having the world’s largest reserves of oil, Venezuela’s...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-why-indias-investment-policies-are-perplexing-even-myopic
Investments: India’s policies are perplexing, even misguided
RN Bhaskar -- 30 April 2020
Deng Xiaoping, the former premier of the People’s Republic of China, had famously said "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/great-times-ahead-for-infotainment-industry/1182960
India's media industry can do a great deal better
— By RN Bhaskar | Dec 07, 2017 07:15 am
It could be the industry which offers people the best of hopes; but it is an industry that could turn most cynical as...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-the-us-push-oil-to-usd-250-a-barrel-r-n-bhaskar/1314064
The US roils the oil markets again
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 12, 2018 07:31 am
Last week, Artem Avinov, leading analyst with TeleTrade, predicted that oil prices could jump to $250 per barrel if the Strait of Hormuz is blocked by...
