Friday, June 26, 2026
India exim: Cut the hype. India is bleeding  RN Bhaskar Politicians love to focus on their achievements, but remain silent about their shortcomings.  This is also true of India’s recently announced Foreign Trade Policy for 2023 (https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/govt-releases-foreign-trade-policy-2023-eyes-2-trn-export-target-by-2030-123033100329_1.html).   The policy itself is...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/great-times-ahead-for-infotainment-industry/1182960 India's media industry can do a great deal better — By RN Bhaskar | Dec 07, 2017 07:15 am It could be the industry which offers people the best of hopes; but it is an industry that could turn most cynical as...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/rn-bhaskar-the-sludge-and-the-fudge-in-education-sector/994226 Education – automatic promotions fudge data and corrode standards Last week, the legal department of the government of India finally agreed to modify the Right to Education (RTE) Act (http://mhrd.gov.in/rte). The RTE was successfully steered through Parliament in 2009.  Sadly,...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/votebank-politics-northeast-on-the-boil-r-n-bhaskar/1326458 The Northeast turmoil could actually clean up votebank politics across India — By RN Bhaskar | Aug 02, 2018 The Nellie nightmare gripped India on February 2, 1983. Overnight, Assamese tribals surrounded three villages filled with Bangladeshi migrants.  They slaughtered some 3,300 people...
R N Bhaskar February 3, 2014 Eventually, all ratings of domestic companies depend sorely on sovereign ratings. That was something Pradeep Shah, the founding managing director of Crisil, was never tired of reminding investors. Translated, it means that if the sovereign rating...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/king-coals-rise-decline-and-eventual-fall-r-n-bhaskar/912190 King Coal is rapidly losing market relevance Few thought this would ever happen. In fact, if you plot a chart of coal demand in the UK for the period 1860 till 2020 (http://about.bnef.com/presentations/liebreich-state-of-the-industry-keynote-bnef-summit-2016/  also see chart), the image tells you...
R N Bhaskar 5 January 2015 Last week threw up mixed signals about the Indian economy. They gave economy-watchers some anxious moments, as they pored over the latest numbers churned out by the ministry of agriculture. The figures indicate that normal area...
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...
The FM should look at the causes – Interest rates are the symptom RN Bhaskar In recent days the Finance Minister, N. Sitharaman has made public statements about the need for banks to lower lending rates (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/interest-rates-need-to-be-far-more-affordable-fm-nirmala-sitharaman/articleshow/115431945.cms). She said that the...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/editorspick/indias-interests-in-milk-almost-sold-away-to-new-zealand India's milk interests sought to be sabotaged by bureaucrats RN Bhaskar – 15 Aug 2019 Milk is one of the most strategically important industries for India.  It is one which has spawned Asia’s largest agricultural brand in Amul.  It has witnessed...