Friday, April 10, 2026

Policy lapses could revive the 1990 spectre once again By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image sourced through Copilot   India is at the proverbial fork.  There is a road, full of obstacles, which could lead to Viksit Bharat (the mirage politicians...
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...
Can the legend of Dr.Verghese Kurien be erased? By RN Bhaskar and Sakeena Bari Sayyed Image source: NDDB 26 November 2025. It was a day for celebrations. It has also become a day for sadness. It was a day when the country...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/stressed-assets-sometimes-crooks-squeal-loudest-r-n-bhaskar/880378 Stressed assets: Scamsters try to squeal their  way out Over the last fortnight, most headlines talked about Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), deciding to go back to academics after his term with the RBI got over this...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-why-politicians-should-bear-the-cost-of-treating-covid-19-patients Politicians promote slums, which worsen the Covid-19 spread. Now they should pay for the costs too. RN Bhaskar – 25 Jun3 2020 The numbers of Covid-19 infections continue to soar.  Two months ago, when this author talked about why slums could...
Loans will continue to rise if unemployment is not eased RN Bhaskar Last week India’s central bank, the RBI, revised and tightened norms for borrowings, raised risk weights for personal loans and credit cards.  That will make the cost of borrowing...
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-supreme-court-continues-to-search-for-ways-to-deal-with-illegal-mining-will-it-take-the-right-one-1985027 Orissa and illegal mining - Supreme Court seeks solutions Supreme Court continues to search for ways to deal with illegal mining, will it take the right one? The Supreme Court (SC) is much in the news again – to find out...
R N Bhaskar 13 April 2015 First, the caveat. This analysis is not meant to hurt the sentiments of any community. It is to present scenarios which should be considered seriously. Now, the analysis. True, India is the world #1 in both milk...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/policy-watch-here-are-five-reasons-why-indias-qs-scores-should-worry-every-indian Five reasons why India’s QS Scores should worry every Indian RN Bhaskar -- June 18, 2020 The terrible performance of Indian educational institutions on the QS score ranking (see chart) was to have been expected. And was it just coincidental that...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/bank-mergers-abracadabra-mess-vanishes-r-n-bhaskar/1363483 Bank mergers, LIC and IL&FS: abracadabra! See the mess has disappeared! — By RN Bhaskar | Sep 27, 2018 There is trouble that is bubbling inside India’s financial cauldron. The three witches cackle, stir their brooms in the broth, and chant incantations that...