India must look beyond GDP to become a great nation
By RN Bhaskar with inputs from Sakeena Bari Sayyed
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India’s prime minister and his ministers have got into the constant refrain of telling people that India will become...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/debt-under-control-good-now-for-economic-growth/1387659
Debt and economic growth
RN Bhaskar November 1, 2018
Talk of debt is in the air. Everybody is talking about it. In fact there is a CARE Ratings study which looks at state and central government debt (Debt Profile of Centre...
27 April 2026
Russia pushes out US from India
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: India Today
The news item in Al Jazeera on 24 April 2026 was cataclysmic -- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/24/russian-troops-warships-in-india-soon-why-their-new-military-pact-matters. Much of India’s mainstream media has not covered this item. ...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stressed-assets-sometimes-crooks-squeal-loudest-r-n-bhaskar/880378
Stressed assets: Scamsters try to squeal their way out
Over the last fortnight, most headlines talked about Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), deciding to go back to academics after his term with the RBI got over this...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/it-is-time-india-reshaped-its-exim-strategies/1491174
India's EXIM needs restructuring
RN Bhaskar March 28, 2019
Within the next few months, India’s policymakers will have to decide how to restructure India’s Exim policies. This will be necessitated by three factors.
First, the global economic slowdown is likely to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/r-n-bhaskar-the-government-gets-richer-while-people-become-poorer/1004973
Demonetisation and the shrinking bank credit
The finance minister is exultant. He proudly points to the surge in tax collections. He then uses these numbers to deny that demonetisation has led to any serious slowdown in the Indian economy. His...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-solar-wobbles-ahead-2057224
Solar wobbles ahead
R N Bhaskar
First the good news. Cumulative solar installations in India crossed the 3 GW mark (100 Mega Watts or MW equals one GigaWatt). Figures compiled by the Mercom Capital Group show that almost 734 MW of...
The ghosts of demonetisation
By RN Bhaskar
On November 25, the Finance Ministry of India made a surprisingly candid statement before the Lok Sabha (https://www.business-standard.com/finance/news/fake-currency-notes-of-rs-500-rs-2-000-surge-threefold-in-3-years-finmin-124112700867_1.html). It admitted that the number of fake Rs.500 notes was on the rise. Effectively, it was...
23 Feb 2026
Iran can teach India how not to do business through blackmail
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Wikipedia
In early February 2026, the Indian coast guard intercepted three oil tankers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYPRstOjGk). They were carrying oil. It was initially...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-a-colonial-outlook-has-stunted-indias-gold-mining-sector
Gold mining – part III
India sabotages its own gold mining interests
RN Bhaskar -- 31 December, 2020
Basically, there are two types of corruption. There can be good corruption and bad corruption. In China, the state controls all resources. But the...
