http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-states-amazing-feat-of-de-risking-farmers/1073810
How did Maharashtra manage to de-risk farmers?
— By RN Bhaskar | May 25, 2017 07:27 am
Maharashtra is a rich state where its farmers are poor. And it isn’t because they don’t get loan waivers. Farmers remain poor primarily because they’ve been...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/arbitration-awards-india-shaken-and-unprepared-r-n-bhaskar/908045
Policy Watch
Arbitration awards: India learns the high cost of shoddy planning in business and policy
r.n.bhaskar
It is déjà vu all over again. At least three arbitration awards threaten to change the way the country will do business. At stake is...
16 Feb 2026
India faces an exodus of money, people, and values
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Gemini
Even as Piyush Goyal, Union minister for commerce, continues to be exultant about his New Zealand and EU FTAs and his trade...
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...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-maharashtra-opens-up-its-hinterland/1110674
Unlocking Maharashtra's wealth
— By RN Bhaskar | Jul 27, 2017 07:23 am
In many ways one could draw parallels between India’s Golden Quadilateral (GQ) and Maharashtra’s biggest roadway project. Christened as the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway (NMEW) or the Samruddhi Mahamarg, this 701 km...
4 July 2026
India shouldn’t be harsh with serious investors
By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed
Image: Copilot
By now, it is increasingly clear that India has been more fair to foreign investors – especially speculators – than Indian investors. Indians are...
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/analysis/future-of-consumption-in-fast-growth-consumer-marktets
India's consumption markets are its most seductive feature
By RN Bhaskar -- October 2, 2019
In the epic titled Odysseus, Ulysses decides that he would love to listen to the music of the world-acclaimed sirens. But he wanted to ensure that...
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-house-that-for-a-change-2070936
House that for a change?
This is a story meant for India’s policymakers.
Like most stories, it has a moral too. It is particularly relevant for all those who believe in “Make in India”, in the basic minimum dignity that any...
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...
