Wednesday, August 26, 2026
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-the-curse-of-being-an-abandoned-child-in-india India's callous and brutal approach towards the abandoned girl child RN Bhaskar In March 2021, India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) took possession of a Rs 1.45 crore worth Delhi-based property belonging to Asha, wife of Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in Muzaffarpur...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-folly-of-banning-futures-trading-in-commodities A primer for policymakers on commodities trading RN Bhaskar The government never tires of telling people that it wants to empower farmers.  It says it wants to empower commodities trading in futures, and commodity exchanges. This was the claim made by earlier...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-g7-wants-to-ban-russian-gold-hah So is it the turn of gold markets now? RN Bhaskar Are the G7 countries doing what India describes through an adage? “Vinashakale vipreet buddhi” is a saying which – loosely translated -- means “During the time of destruction, man takes...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/maharashtras-agricultural-woes-will-continue/1475943 Maharashtra and its water diversion RN Bhaskar – 7 March, 2019 Maharashtra has one of the highest farmer suicide rates in India.  It also has the maximum number of farm agitations in India. And the reason is quite clear if one studies...
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...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/what-about-the-battery-charging-policy-2 Has the government forgotten about battery swapping? RN Bhaskar – September 12, 2019 When the government announced its plans to usher in electric vehicles (EVs), it was jumping the gun.  It should have worked on a battery policy first.  Why? The following...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sodhi-resignation-milk-industry-jolted-writes-rn-bhaskar Sodhi resignation -- Milk industry jolted RN Bhaskar Last week delivered a shock to many in the milk industry.  R.S. Sodhi, the senior-most executive of the largest milk cooperative in India accounting for a turnover of Rs. Rs 46,481 crore in...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/and-silently-flows-the-ganges/1265081 The Ganges remains polluted RN Bhaskar | Apr 26, 2018 07:39 am No other river in India evokes the faith, love and  disgust that the Ganga is famous for.  It is a river than breathes history.  Its banks have hosted towns and...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bribery-at-all-levels-in-its-five-shades-r-n-bhaskar/867684 Five shades of bribery The Modi government prides itself on on trying to usher in corruption-free and bribery-free governance.  Maybe someone should tell its legislators that the best way to clean up governance is by making bribe-giving legal. This is what...
R N Bhaskar 27 April 2015 Prime Minister Modi has just returned from a successful trip to three countries. Each of these trips is aimed at achieving two objectives. First, to improve India’s relations with some of the most advanced and...