http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/india-could-be-promoting-mass-labour-vulnerability/1221549
Labour has been seeking shelter in the informal sector which could pose problems
— By RN Bhaskar | Feb 15, 2018 08:20 am
The prime minister has lauded the efforts of people to seek out some form of self-employment. One example he...
The Garuda and the Asiatic Lion are rapidly displacing the elephant
By R.N.Bhaskar
Image generated using https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/text2img
There was a time when the elephant – India’s mascot for the world – had an impressive stature. It was present everywhere. It was a...
9th March 2025
How India’s Judiciary got marginalised
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: CoPilot
On 23 February 2026, media headlines screamed out that the Supreme Court (SC) had pulled up NCERT for introducing, in the class VIII textbooks, a chapter...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-gold-mining-an-agenda-for-the-government
Gold mining IV
What the government should do?
RN Bhaskar
When it comes to gold, politicians, government officials, media and the general public can be quite misinformed to the point of hysteria.
Consider how – on 21 February 2020 -- an unsuspecting public...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/the-us-dollar-weakens-gold-becomes-more-relevant/1517212
Will gold undermine the US dollar?
RN Bhaskar -- May 02, 2019
Gold is likely to become increasingly relevant in the coming years. Its days of being dismissed as a non-economic asset may be coming to a close. Backing this view...
Reinsurance and the dangers for India
RN Bhaskar
Reinsurance markets are in a state of confusion. They cannot comprehend what could have driven the IRDAI (an acronym for Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India -- https://irdai.gov.in/) to come up with...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-indias-blighted-vision-about-gold-mining
Gold mining – part I
Can India have better policies relating to gold mining
RN Bhaskar -- 17 December 2020
Last week, media headlines screamed out information about the ‘theft’ of 100 kg of gold kept in the CBI vaults. An inhouse...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-gold-be-made-less-attractive-for-smugglers-en-bhaskar/1101981
Can the government make gold a cleaner, more profitable, business in India?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 13, 2017 07:16 am
Listen carefully to the words that are constantly being uttered by government spokesmen. They talk about driving black-marketeers to the ground....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/rn-bhaskar-are-farmers-in-the-country-really-earning-less/1093086
Loan writeoffs: Are farmers really earning less?
— By RN Bhaskar | Jun 29, 2017 07:22 am
The past few weeks have distressed economists and policymakers over the way farmer-loan writeoffs have spiraled out of control. Overnight, one of the platforms that made...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-ta-i-indias-textiles-and-apparels-are-rediscovering-their-mojo
T&A-I: India’s textiles and apparels are rediscovering their mojo
RN Bhaskar (The second part of this article can be found at https://asiaconverge.com/2021/11/the-apparels-appaition/)
Some seventy years ago, if one had looked at India’s competitive strength, the highest marks would have gone to...
