http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-tighten-seatbelts-rough-ride-ahead-for-the-economy/1020142
It will be difficult times ahead for the Indian economy
r.n.bhaskar
Many sectors of the Indian economy have witnessed a sharp slowdown. This has been acknowledged both in the Economic Survey 2017 and the Union Budget 2017 tabled before Parliament a...
When money become skittish
RN Bhaskar
Last week, a Bloomberg newsletter disclosed a very interesting fact. That as many as 107 companies overseas, accounting for a total value of $16.5 billion had been acquired by Indian entrepreneurs. This represented the largest...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-lessons-for-india-from-alibaba-about-ecommerce
Alibaba, ecommerce have lessons for India
. . . but will India be willing to learn?
RN Bhaskar -- 21 January 2021
On December 24, 2020 authorities in China announced that they were investigating the Ant group which owns and manages Alibaba,...
You cannot become a superpower with a weak currency
By RN Bhaskar
India analysts have watched with amazement as they see the rupee continue to slip. It has lately been hovering around Rs.82 for each US Dollar, and is threatening to...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-uday-and-the-politics-of-appeasement-and-largesse/1047188
UDAY is doomed to fail, unless subsidies can first be controlled
— By RN Bhaskar | Apr 06, 2017 09:11 am
In November 2015, the Union government launched the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). It was a program aimed at financial turnaround and...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-auction-off-nsel-defaulters-assets-to-restore-investor-confidence-1997111
Monday, 23 June 2014 - 6:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA | R N Bhaskar
Liquidate NLEL-related seized assets
The Modi government at the Centre has been talking about making India more investment friendly. That is understandable.
After all, it...
27 April 2026
Solutions require political resolve
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Copilot
India is in grave trouble. Dogs are baying for the government’s blood. Ten years of self-aggrandisement have resulted in a situation where India is now being marginalised. ...
R N Bhaskar
20 April 2015
Private faces in public places
Are wiser and nicer
Than public faces in private places
—WH Auden
Can religion influence business? Yes indeed! A good indicator is the decline in cow population in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh....
11 May 2026
Trump is befuddled and lost
By RN Bhaskar
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Last week the world heard three narratives – both were economical with the truth. Both centred around Donald Trump, president, USA.
One year spun out was by Peter (Pete)...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/strategy-for-healthier-india-china-trade
China and India could together revive the global economy
RN Bhaskar 26 March 2020
China has been a savvy investor in India (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2020/03/china-investments-in-india-are-strategic-and-profitable/). Some claim that China has outsmarted India. But such cynical views miss the big picture. China created value...
