Thursday, June 11, 2026
 http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-government-can-easily-clean-up-gold-market-in-india/1106479 Just three steps and the govt can clean up the gold market — By RN Bhaskar | Jul 20, 2017 07:04 am   The gold market in India is in a mess.  Smuggling continues big time.  Seizure of smuggled-in-gold barely accounts for 3%...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/death-with-dignity-gains-legality-in-the-uk/1175058 India dithers over death with dignity — By RN Bhaskar | Nov 23, 2017 08:10 am Last week, this newspaper talked about (http://www.freepressjournal.in/world/indian-origin-pharmacist-cleared-of-elderly-dads-murder/1172908) how a UK High Court judge, Justice Green, threw out a murder charge against a chemist.  The chemist, a...
Farm protests & Kurien’s Amul offer lessons to be learnt By RN Bhaskar On 23 February 2024, the web was flooded with advertisements showing the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Amul, the largest agricultural brand in India (and even Asia)....
The downward slide of the US dollar could presage the collapse of other countries By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed The US dollar is under siege. Linked to it are the fortunes of the US, Israel and Ukraine. Even the...
Sugarcane will drive Maharashtra to the ground RN Bhaskar This article is the second part of a two part analysis of Maharashtra and Sugarcane.  The first part can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2023/03/poor-land-management-has-caused-many-farmers-to-commit-suicide/ If there is one crop where Maharashtra has done...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-two-cheers-for-decisions-on-education/1122661 Education gets a new lease of life in India — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 17, 2017 07:03 am There are times when, in the din of sloganeering about what has gone wrong, people overlook the good that is being done.  One...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/policy-watch-pre-budget-blues-going-beyond-the-numbers Pre-budget blues – fund allocations don't mean anything till basics are put in place RN Bhaskar This column will appear just a little time before budget announcements are actually made. And the purpose of writing this column is not to talk...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/gold-we-trust-but-market-uncertain/1156098 Gold, Germany and India — By RN Bhaskar | Oct 19, 2017 08:01 am Gold markets continue to be poised on the tip of uncertainty.  There is all round confusion. There is no faith in oil prices – they could fall to as...
Chest thumping and masks can confuse economic policy analysts By RN Bhaskar Governments, world over, have a habit of setting the narrative to show the prettier side of economic development. In India it should be a bit more worrisome, because they...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-actual-employment-potential-r-n-bhaskar/1350110 Unemployment: forecasts and the actual employment potential — By RN Bhaskar | Sep 06, 2018 The government is on the backfoot.  It hasn’t created enough jobs. On the contrary, unemployment rates in India increased from 3.51 percent in 2016 to 3.52 percent in...